Here's an early review from last year of Dakota Fanning's family flick...
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Dark horse my ass, I know I'm going to like "Dreamer"
By Maury Rosenbaum
Once in awhile a movie comes along that is so inspirational, it tugs on your heartstrings, and makes you want to live life to the fullest. Such a film, I believe, will be the new horseracing movie "Dreamer," which opens this weekend. This movie is going to be the shit.
"Dreamer" stars the delightful Dakota Fanning as a girl who helps nurse an injured horse back to health. At first, her father, played by Kurt Russell, who was so good in "Captain Ron" and shares the same last name as Keri Russell of "Felicity" fame, is reluctant to give into her daughter but eventually agrees to let her help out the down-but-not-out steed. Elizabeth Shue is also in the film, trying to recapture the cinematic magic she lost by appearing in "Hollow Man."
While I have yet to see this film, I think it's pretty clear from the cast and the story that "Dreamer" is going to be pretty fucking awesome. The story is sure to be very inspirational, so much more so than the overrated "Cinderella Man." That film was so corny. "Dreamer" isn't going to be, because it stars Dakota Fanning, who's always likable except when she was petrified of Tom Cruise and his Scientology ways in "War of the Worlds," and Kurt Russell, who is just kick ass in every movie he is in. As a matter of fact, if the Hollywood big shots put him in "Cinderella Man," me thinks it wouldn't have been so corny!
In addition, "Dreamer" boasts a cast that includes Kris Kristofferson, who died at least five times in the "Blade" trilogy and looks like an older Kurt Russell, which is cool because he plays his father in this movie. The movie has even more drawing power: Luis Guzman. This actor, who has appeared in 1,233 movies this year, is sure to add some comic relief. I'm hoping they'll be a scene where Guzman is like talking to the horse. Maybe his character will like say, "you've got to win the race, esse!" or something like that. How moving would that be? I'm also hopeful the film's soundtrack will feature a pop ballad by Bryan Adams. Like the song could tell about how the horse was hurt, and then triumphed to victory. Anyway, "Dreamer" is going to be good. Go see it. It's like "Seabiscuit," but without Tobey Maguire. He looked like one of the munchkins from "The Wizard of Oz" with that haircut. Anyway, think of this not as "Seabiscuit" but "Shebiscuit."
By Maury Rosenbaum
Once in awhile a movie comes along that is so inspirational, it tugs on your heartstrings, and makes you want to live life to the fullest. Such a film, I believe, will be the new horseracing movie "Dreamer," which opens this weekend. This movie is going to be the shit.
"Dreamer" stars the delightful Dakota Fanning as a girl who helps nurse an injured horse back to health. At first, her father, played by Kurt Russell, who was so good in "Captain Ron" and shares the same last name as Keri Russell of "Felicity" fame, is reluctant to give into her daughter but eventually agrees to let her help out the down-but-not-out steed. Elizabeth Shue is also in the film, trying to recapture the cinematic magic she lost by appearing in "Hollow Man."
While I have yet to see this film, I think it's pretty clear from the cast and the story that "Dreamer" is going to be pretty fucking awesome. The story is sure to be very inspirational, so much more so than the overrated "Cinderella Man." That film was so corny. "Dreamer" isn't going to be, because it stars Dakota Fanning, who's always likable except when she was petrified of Tom Cruise and his Scientology ways in "War of the Worlds," and Kurt Russell, who is just kick ass in every movie he is in. As a matter of fact, if the Hollywood big shots put him in "Cinderella Man," me thinks it wouldn't have been so corny!
In addition, "Dreamer" boasts a cast that includes Kris Kristofferson, who died at least five times in the "Blade" trilogy and looks like an older Kurt Russell, which is cool because he plays his father in this movie. The movie has even more drawing power: Luis Guzman. This actor, who has appeared in 1,233 movies this year, is sure to add some comic relief. I'm hoping they'll be a scene where Guzman is like talking to the horse. Maybe his character will like say, "you've got to win the race, esse!" or something like that. How moving would that be? I'm also hopeful the film's soundtrack will feature a pop ballad by Bryan Adams. Like the song could tell about how the horse was hurt, and then triumphed to victory. Anyway, "Dreamer" is going to be good. Go see it. It's like "Seabiscuit," but without Tobey Maguire. He looked like one of the munchkins from "The Wizard of Oz" with that haircut. Anyway, think of this not as "Seabiscuit" but "Shebiscuit."
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