In Flicka, an adaptation of Mary O'Hara's beloved novel "My Friend Flicka," 16-year-old Katy McLaughlin (Alison Lohman) dreams of fulfilling her family legacy by working on her father's ranch in modern-day Wyoming. But Katy's father (Tim McGraw) wants more for her, insisting that Katy go to college. Katy finds a wild mustang, which she names Flicka, and sets out to make her a riding horse. But Flicka and Katy are more alike than she could have imagined. Like Katy, Flicka has a disdain for authority and is not about to give up her freedom without a fight.
I took my future stepdaughter to see this movie and have rarely loved her more when she looked at me and said that she was bored and asked it we could leave 45 minutes in to this movie. It's not that the movie was bad. It was somewhat watchable, but its one of those movies that bores you so much that you start making a list in your head of other things you could be doing instead of watching this. And for Stinka (the aforementioned mini-me) to be willing to leave the movie, I can't even vouch for the young female audience that this movie was suppsed to target as liking this movie. That being said . . . .
Even though the movie was absolutely horrible, I wouldn't recommend anyone rushing to rent this. Maybe you should all just wait for cable and it won't be as unbearable if you are just sitting around in your house watching it.
