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Episode 914
Answering the big question...should I see this movie?
Spirit Untamed (Animation, Adventure, Family)
Lucky Prescott's life is changed forever when she moves from her home in the city to a small frontier town...
Movies First with Alex First
Episode 914
Answering the big question...should I see this movie?
Spirit Untamed (Animation, Adventure, Family)
Lucky Prescott's life is changed forever when she moves from her home in the city to a small frontier town and befriends a wild mustang named Spirit.
Directors
Elaine Bogan * Ennio Torresan
Writers
John Fusco * Kristin Hahn * Katherine Nolfi
Stars
Isabela Merced (voice) * Jake Gyllenhaal (voice) * Marsai Martin (voice) - IMDb
Trailer: https://www.imdb.com/video/vi3816996889?playlistId=tt11084896&ref_=tt_pr_ov_vi
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A charming and colourful animation, DreamWorks’ Spirit Untamed is about a feisty 13-year-old girl and an equally uppity wild horse.
The youngster is Lucky Prescott (the voice of Isabela Merced), who is being brought up by her aunt Cora (Julianne Moore), in a prim and proper household, governed by her uptight grandfather.
That is because, according to Lucky, she is never allowed to have fun and she yearns to break free.
The final straw comes when she causes mayhem for her grandad at his campaign launch to become governor.
So, Lucky’s aunt hops a train with her to visit Lucky’s father, Jim (Jake Gyllenhaal), in a wilderness town known as Miradero.
His wife (her mother) – a champion show rider – died after being thrown from a horse.
Thereafter, he thought it best that his daughter should have a stable (no pun intended) upbringing, hence giving her up to be reared by her aunt and grandfather.
While delighted to see Lucky, who is the spitting image of her mother, Jim’s non-negotiable rule is that she stays away from horses.
But Lucky’s head was turned on the trip to Miradero, during which a fawn stallion (herd in tow) kept pace with the train.
That very horse has now been captured by a shady wrangler, Hendricks (Walton Goggins), who employs cruel tactics in an endeavour to break him in.
At the same time, Lucky is in a race against time to stop the herd of wild horses from being shipped away permanently by Hendricks and his henchmen.
And that will involve adventure and a great deal of danger.
Spirit Untamed has the usual ingredients of successful animation – an emotion-charged storyline, a diverse range of characters, good humour, lots of colour and movement, and an up-tempo score.
But that is not to say others can’t enjoy it too, for it is a lovely family film, which is easy to watch and appreciate.
Lucky is a great character to build a story around because her DNA means she will overstep boundaries regularly.
She is also caring and the juxtaposition with the “baddies” is easily drawn.
Her big almond shaped eyes with green pupils are a drawcard.
We might not see much of him, but Abigail’s younger brother Snips (Lucian Perez), who is forever scheming, is another character with pluck to whom I was drawn, along with his baby donkey.
Rated G, it scores a 7 out of 10
