Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

BootDigest Such a frustrating disappointment

Humaira Grant It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Roxie The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

Jackson Booth-Millard I had heard of this film from somewhere, and I knew it was about a horse, and I guess I was kind of interested to see if I would agree with the two stars out of five the critics give it, so I watched it. Basically Katherine 'Katy' McLaughlin (Alison Lohman) is the daughter of rancher Rob McLaughlin (Tim McGraw), and she hopes to one day take over the family ranch, her father however hopes her older brother Howard (True Blood's Ryan Kwanten) will take over. She has failed to complete her high school essay and naturally faces her father's disappointment, but things perk up when she comes across a Mustang horse during a close encounter with a lion. Katy plans to capture this horse and train to ride on, this is an effort to prove she can take responsibility to run the ranch, she names the (female) horse Flicka, and her father is not best pleased. As time goes by she tries to do everything possibly to keep the horse calm and teach it the lessons it needs to be tamed, but eventually Flicka is sold to rodeo to be used in races. With some help from brother Howard, and dressing as a man, Katy manages to get on and rescue the horse from her new stronghold, and they ride away to make their way home again. However they have another encounter with a lion, and Flicka ends up seriously injured, while Katy become ill during the storm they are caught in, there is the possibility the horse will have euthanized, and sure enough there is an overheard gunshot. Katy for a while is depressed, but she is overjoyed to see that Flicka is still alive, the shot fired was on the lion, and the horse has made a remarkable recovery, the film ends with them riding together peacefully through the mountains of Wyoming. Also starring Coyote Ugly's Maria Bello as Nell McLaughlin, Jeffrey Nordling as Rick Koop, Danny Pino as Jack, Dallas Roberts as Gus and Kaylee DeFer as Miranda Koop. If you imagine Black Beauty meets Seabiscuit or something like that, then that is pretty much how to sum up this horse movie, the acting is corny but alright, the locations look nice, and the story is full of schmaltz and sentimental stuff that make it rather predictable, but if you like horses then it is not too terrible drama. Okay!

TeamStrode Flicka is a feel-good family film in the spirit of Shiloh which was all the rage when I was a kid. I was in my late teens when Flicka came out and I was not interested at all-a movie about a girl and her horse. Gee, wonder how this will end? But, after taking a closer look at the cast-oh fine, Alison Lohman-I gave it a chance and was quite surprised. Sixteen year old Katy McLaughlin (Alison Lohman) is a country girl at heart, she longs for the open fields and the farmstead as opposed to her boarding school which is where we find her in the opening scenes. Her father, Rob (Tim McGraw) thinks she is destined for college and something more. These two bump heads throughout the entire movie, yet, you still feel the love between them through it all. Katy finds a wild mustang in hills and falls head over heels for the creature. Her father who owns a quarter horse ranch will hear nothing of keeping the horse. Ignoring her father's wishes, Katy works with the horse in secrecy and slowly the two form an amazing bond. While the movie isn't perfect, it has a lot going for it, most notably the cast. Lohman and McGraw are perfect as father-daughter, just barley pushing the envelope, yet always managing to keep it just right. In their own respects, they both deliver amazingly well as opposed to over-the-top. Ryan Kwanten is Howard, the older brother to Katy and the opposite of her-everything their father wants for her he wants. He does quite well, torn between staying true to his father and the farm and helping Katy reunite with Flicka. Finally, there's mom Nell (Maria Bello) who is the peacekeeper and the glue that holds the family and the farm together. She is the one that truly sees the bond between Katy and Flicka; unfortunately she battles with Rob who is stubborn and thick-headed. What I truly enjoyed was the suspense and not knowing whether this was going to be a happily ever after (Shiloh) or a tragic tear-jerker (The yearling, Old Yeller). This was never truly apparent until the last few minutes of the movie, constantly you get yanked up and down like a yo-yo, thinking its going one way, then it takes off in another. The scenery is beautifully breathtaking, the script walks a fine line of clichés and just barley keeps it from being too washed-out, and the cast delivers everything perfectly. Lohman's Katy is at once strong-willed and stubborn, yet has a gentle soul that she bares through her eyes, those deep brown bedroom eyes that dare you to blink and miss a second. Her loyalty and never-ending love for Flicka caused even me to shed several tears, both in her pain and her happiness. McGraw-what's up with all these singers thinking they can act?-is quite good here, though his performance in Friday Night Lights was just a tad deeper and better in a different way. Throughout all the fights and conflicts at the end of the day all he truly wants is his daughter to be happy and safe. One scene really sticks out even now as I type this where he talks to Katy that will surely tug at the heart-strings (once you see it, you'll know the one). Kwanten is great as the big brother and son who would rather have the opportunities Katy has. Despite the fact I can only think of one scene where I internally clapped for him, it was still a deep one. Bello is mom and ties with Lohman as the best acting for me. She is just trying to keep everyone happy and heads above water, always the optimist. Did I already mention Lohman? Oh well, here it is again, her eyes will captivate you, her smile could knock a dove from a tree, and her commitment to the role is genuine 100%.

aimless-46 "Flicka" (2006) bridges several sub-genres, unfortunately it is one of the weakest examples of each. It's a horse movie (the original is better, as are "National Velvet", The Horse Whisperer" and for that matter most episodes of "The Saddle Club" and "Spin & Marty"). It's a "wild mustangs as a metaphor for the changing West" movie ("The Misfits" and "Billy Jack" do it better). It's an overwrought coming of age melodrama (countless other films do this better as well as most of the stuff you find playing on Lifetime). It's also an Alison Lohman film and in all fairness contains one of her best performances. Lohman is always excellent and in "Flicka" she is given a lot to work with and handles it all quite well. However, the scripting and editing assembly work are so weak that her strong performance (and nice supporting work by Maria Bello and Ryan Kwanten) cannot turn this thing into a high quality film. You might notice that neither the two screenwriters nor the director have been involved in any feature productions since the release of the film. "Flicka" was a major release (over 2900 theaters in the U.S.) and turned a profit at the box office. I credit shrewd packaging by the film's producers as they focused from inception on insuring that the project would be bankable. They incorporated elements that pre-sold the film beyond its target audience of pre-teen girls. Tim McGraw was cast to bring in his large fan base, Kwanten was counted on to draw a fair number of teenage girls into the multi- plex, and there were so few live action family films in 2006 that it was able to tap into an under-supplied market. As for Mary O'Hara's beloved children's book (My Friend Flicka-previously adapted into two feature films and a television show, is credited), it would be more accurate to say "inspired by" rather than "adapted from". The original's ten-year-old hero has been changed to a 16-year-old heroine named Katy McLaughlin (Lohman). I normally rant a bit when an older actress is cast as a teenager but Lohman is the Mary Pickford of her day and with her cute face and freckles still looks physically believable playing a teen. Her new look for the film, long curly hair-dyed dark, makes her look a lot like Kari Russell (insert "very Irish" here). In this remake it's totally Katy's story (in the original the parents had a more central role) and is told from her point-of-view. She even does a short voice-over commentary to begin and close the film. Normally this POV stuff leads to viewer identification and connection, but the scripting and directing works against Lohman and you stay distanced from her character. Katy is mega-headstrong, uncomfortable and bored at her boarding school but at one with the wilds of her family's horse ranch in Wyoming. Her father is grooming Katy's older brother Howard to eventually take over the ranch, clueless about Howard's desire to escape and about Katy's affinity for the place. She is the chip-off-the-old-block, not her brother. The title character is a two-year old black mustang mare that is a source of conflict between Katy and her father for most of the film. While the movie looks pretty the thin plot, the poor sequencing, and absence of "genuine" emotion" doesn't add up to a particularly satisfying viewing experience. Then again, what do I know? I'm only a child.

brianakburke The Comments I've read regarding Flicka range from love to pure hate, like to dislike, pure joy to pure disgust....but almost EVERYONE raves about the scenery, the cinematography, and the art direction.Well, SURPRISE! 99% of the movie was filmed in the "LA 30 mile" film zone. Three days were spent in Wyoming and you see it sparingly in the bus driving from school to home, the stylized wild horse herd flashes, and the final shot of the movie.For the life of me, I don't know why this wasn't publicized...it adds a completely new depth to the quality of the look of the film when you understand that it was shot 30 minutes from downtown Los Angeles, and NOT in the middle of Big Sky Country.Being the Location Manager on this film, it is a compliment that most people think it was shot in Wyoming....but that would have been EASY! Thoroughly enjoying my experience with this movie, I hope others enjoy it, paying particular attention to the amazing vistas that we found RIGHT HERE in Los Angeles, California.