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Movie Review: Empty nest, full stable in Wales drama Dream Horse
JAKE COYLE Associated Press
The based-on-a-true-story “Dream Horse,” about a Welsh bartender who turns unlikely race horse breeder, is a feel-good movie that s a little too heavy on the “feel-good to really do the trick.
Review: Empty nest, full stable in Wales drama Dream Horse
JAKE COYLE, AP Film Writer
May 19, 2021
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Lean on Pete, each one after the other was a certified tear-jerker, packed with emotionally gutting performances that elevated somewhat dubious material. Who knew horses could be key to the tear-jerker formula?
Director Euros Lyn is no stranger to the sappy emotion, having hailed from some of BBC’s finest: the David Tennant era of
Doctor Who,
Broadchurch.
Dream Horse is Lyn’s first feature, a simple, kind truer-than-life tale about a small Welsh town that raise their own racehorse, aptly named Dream Alliance, to combat the malaise of their everyday lives. The most attached to the horse is Jan (Collette), a grocery store cashier by day and bartender by night who is tired of the same day-to-day routine and yearns for something worthy of waking up in the morning.