Buck
Dir. Cindy Meehl
Country: USA
Aus Rating: PG
Running Time: 88mins
“I’m not helping people with horse problems, I’m helping horses with people problems.” So declares Buck Brannaman in
Buck, an affectionate documentary look at a man whose midwestern fusion of animal hero and Americana legend endears him to horse lovers around the globe and inspired novelists and filmmakers who coined him “The Horse Whisperer”. If Steven Spielberg’s
War Horse got on your nerves
as much as it did mine, then consider Buck the alternative. Simple and pristinely told with nary a manipulative music score or peach-stained sky to wring tears from even the most unflappable of equine fans, this is a charming – if occasionally too thin – look at Buck’s fascinating life.
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