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Flicka (2006)

Reviewed by Scott Brown | Oct 18, 2006

Scott Brown

Scott Brown writes the Hit List for EW and is a frequent contributor to National Public Radio -- he has the tote bag to prove it

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EW's GRADE

B-

Details Release Date: Oct 20, 2006; Rated: PG; Length: 94 Minutes; Genres: Drama, Kids & Family; With: Alison Lohman and Tim McGraw

Image credit: Flicka: Merrick Morton

NO HORSING AROUND Lohman reaches out to her wary new friend in Flicka

Horse love and daddy love are the purest loves of all, and Flicka, a new yet insistently old-fashioned spin on the kid-lit classic My Friend Flicka, traffics in both. But bighearted and beautifully shot as it is, this latest film version (the original starred Roddy McDowall, the Alison Lohman of 1943, as the misfit trainer of a ''loco'' horse) can't buck its public-library mustiness, despite a blaring pop/country soundtrack. As for our heroine (Lohman), her archetypal struggle with crusty Pa (uncrusty Tim McGraw) feels attitude-heavy and life-lesson-light.

Originally posted Oct 18, 2006 Published in issue #904 Oct 27, 2006 Order article reprints

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