30 Aug 2006

Dreamer

Director: John Gatins

Starring: Kurt Russell, Dakota Fanning, Kris Kristofferson

Screening: 2006-01-10

Sweet dreams are not made of this! After her irritating turn as
the incessantly screaming daughter of Tom Cruise in The War
of the Worlds
, Dakota Fanning returns yet again to haunt the
cinema with her oh-so-earnest celluloid emoting. This time round,
Kurt Russel is the father: a dejected cowboy in a prolonged state
of catatonic moping after his ranch has suffered a downturn. The
only way his fortune can heal is by helping an injured horse named
Sonya get ready for a seemingly impossible goal: to win the Breeders'
Cup Classic. Say it together: “Awww!”


Well, at least he did have his days of glory, which is more than
can be said for this movie which would fare better if it went straight
to video, or Hallmark.