A traumatized boy, a mysterious horse whisperer, and one VERY large horse named Amanda. Healing ensues.
A small boy is hurt by a horse on his father's ranch and he refuses to even be near one ever again. When a storyteller called Seven arrives with his huge imposing horse Amanda, everything changes.
Acting
Dennis Haysbert's quietly commanding presence as Seven
Practical Effects
Amanda the horse is genuinely massive and impressive
Production
Surprisingly cinematic scope for a TV movie
Director
Bobby Roth
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of several TV movies Bobby Roth directed in the 90s; he's better known for prestige cable dramas like Prison Break and Lost. Amanda represents maybe his most wholesome content ever.
Kieran Culkin was in his Macaulay-shadow era here, but this role fits his later niche as cinema's favorite wounded little guy. The horse-whisperer trope peaked culturally around this time thanks to the novel and subsequent film The Horse Whisperer (1998).
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