Save your money for something good and enjoyable

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

This is not a great or complex movie but treats a family subject very well. It is refreshing for not having sex or bad language in it.Julie Benz is Annie Garrett. In a tragic turn of events when she was a teenager, her sister was killed in an accident and Annie's mother never was the same. Annie internalized this as her mother blaming her for the death, since the sister was running an errand that Annie had forgotten, so as an adult Annie had a very strained relationship with her mother.As a married woman with a young daughter, her life is further complicated by a husband who is very unreliable, and doesn't seem to really love Annie or their daughter, and regularly disappears.As the story starts, the family of three travel from Colorado to California for him to start a new job at a horse ranch, but when they arrive the job is gone. Quickly he is too. So Annie and daughter, broke, have to scrape for an existence.Their salvation is Marsha Mason as Mary Lou O'Brian, who runs a horse training farm, and agrees to hire Annie and let them stay in the guest house temporarily for $10 a night.The story develops from there as Annie blossoms on her own. Nice story. Gage Golightly, who at that age looked so much like a young Drew Barrymore, is the young daughter Taylor Garrett. John Livingston is the dastardly and unreliable husband Ross Garrett.SPOILERS: Annie also had her own horse, which came with an $8000 mortgage, and in the process he also became blind. Annie had been training for a show dressage competition, with $20,000 to the winner, using Mary Lou's red show horse, but the dastardly husband showed up and injured the horse, so she had to do the improbable, win the show on a blind horse. Which she did. She divorced her dastardly and unreliable husband and was developing a relationship with the nice local vet. Plus Annie and her mother began to heal their old wounds.

(previous comment)"...I know for a fact that blind horses do not load trailers easily." I have not seen the movie yet, but after reading the previous comment about Hollywood not researching horses beforehand, I must say that this commenter also did not do THEIR research on blind horses either! Knowing a partially blind horse once, does not make an expert of anyone. Your comment about blind horses not loading easily is absolutely FASLSE! If movies fail to accurately portray the bond and relationship b/t horse and rider...it's only because most horses and riders do not really have a true partnership to begin with (hence ANY horse not loading into a trailer easily). I own, ride and trailer a totally blind horse who has taught me plenty about communication and trust. Because of that trust, he loads into a trailer far better than most sighted horses. He also has the courage and confidence to lead himself! Yep, may bump into a thing or two...but once he figures it out...he makes a mental map of his surroundings. Truly awe inspiring to watch him! Maybe Hollywood didn't do such a good job on getting everything right...but people must know that the possibility does exist. Jean & Houdini

Annie was so brave and charming and warm.. I'd like to have a wife like her(in the movie). That was a good mother, a role model. I respect her from the bottom of my heart.But however back to the filming process, wouldn't it be hard for Julia to control the horses? I love Tolo so much.. so beautiful and tame.This is a good production. Thanks for the director for making out such quality and healthy film. I salute you from the bottom of the heart dear director.The last scene of the movie was most touching when the family reunited. It was the best ending story I have ever known.

The Movie turned out pretty good. It was really fun to make. Hallmark brought me out as a consultant, being that my Dad wrote the screen play based on me. There is a lot of truth in it and a lot that was started on truth and then hollywoodized. The actors and actresses where great. A lot nicer then I would have guessed. Julie Benz is such a fun and caring person. She had to overcome her fear of horses before filming and she did just that. The horse used as Tolo in the movie really liked her and they started to form a bond during filming. Marsha Mason was wonderful too. When we filmed parts of the movie about tolo going blind, it was tough on me. It brought back a lot of sad memories. I often found myself crying. Marsha was always there with a tissue for me and comforted me. Thank you Marsha. Thank you Julie for becoming a good friend to know. I really did have a horse that went blind and I competed on after overcoming some medical problems of my own. Sad to say my horse Tolo has since passed on, so this is very special to me to have a movie made about him. I hope everyone enjoys it.Amy