The theme is very common, a teenage girl goes to live with her estranged father, the girl does everything she can to make sure she remains miserable, while the father does everything he can to assure her that she is loved and wanted. Some type of animal needing care enters the picture, and provides the catalyst for mending relationships. The theme was central to, for example, "Fly Away Home", where the young girl went to live with her father after mom died. Rescuing wild goose eggs and raising the geese was the catalyst. I recently also saw Miley Cyrus' "Last Song" where she discovered a raccoon disturbing sea turtle eggs and she took an interest in their safety.
In this movie Tammin Sursok, 26 as a 16-year-old, is Carrie McLaughlin who is cared for by grandma in the city. But grandma is becoming senile and the authorities want to put her in a foster home, but instead goes to live in Wyoming (filmed in Canada) with her ranch-owner dad who was separated from her when she was a small girl.
Naturally she hates the ranch, the lack of internet, poor telephone reception, and no hard surfaces to practice her skateboarding. She acts like a brat, but dad (Patrick Warburton) never gives up. One day Carrie spots the beautiful, black Mustang Flicka, and the two of them take to each other right away.
The story is fairly predictable, the neighboring rancher is not a very friendly type, and his teenage riding daughter is a brat, stuck on herself, and in a pivotal scene they want Flicka destroyed. But being a family film we know that will not likely happen. There is also a cute teenage boy that makes things interesting for Carrie.
I enjoyed the movie. Sursock does well in her role, as well as Warburton. But my favorite is Clint Black as ranch hand Toby with he ever-present smile and the humorous lines he manages to deliver.
SPOILER: Dad's livestock damage the neighbor's fence once again and under the gun he has to give up Flicka which once had been a highly trained competition horse. The obnoxious daughter uses Flicka for competition, Flicka gets spooked by camera flashes, they fall, she loses, they want to have Flicka destroyed. But Carrie at night sneaks Flicka out and rides her to a remote area where the wild Mustangs hang out, to save her, and Carrie is able to visit her but not own her.
In this movie Tammin Sursok, 26 as a 16-year-old, is Carrie McLaughlin who is cared for by grandma in the city. But grandma is becoming senile and the authorities want to put her in a foster home, but instead goes to live in Wyoming (filmed in Canada) with her ranch-owner dad who was separated from her when she was a small girl.
Naturally she hates the ranch, the lack of internet, poor telephone reception, and no hard surfaces to practice her skateboarding. She acts like a brat, but dad (Patrick Warburton) never gives up. One day Carrie spots the beautiful, black Mustang Flicka, and the two of them take to each other right away.
The story is fairly predictable, the neighboring rancher is not a very friendly type, and his teenage riding daughter is a brat, stuck on herself, and in a pivotal scene they want Flicka destroyed. But being a family film we know that will not likely happen. There is also a cute teenage boy that makes things interesting for Carrie.
I enjoyed the movie. Sursock does well in her role, as well as Warburton. But my favorite is Clint Black as ranch hand Toby with he ever-present smile and the humorous lines he manages to deliver.
SPOILER: Dad's livestock damage the neighbor's fence once again and under the gun he has to give up Flicka which once had been a highly trained competition horse. The obnoxious daughter uses Flicka for competition, Flicka gets spooked by camera flashes, they fall, she loses, they want to have Flicka destroyed. But Carrie at night sneaks Flicka out and rides her to a remote area where the wild Mustangs hang out, to save her, and Carrie is able to visit her but not own her.