It’s a colorful and beautiful sport, which has been hidden from Lucky as she knows nothing about her mother’s life as a horse performer. Milagro competed in the escaramuzas charra, a Mexican rodeo event featuring choreographed synchronized female horseback-riding stunt performers. One of the more interesting aspects of the film revolves around Lucky’s late mother, Milagro (Eiza González). And while the final film isn’t offensive or outright bad, it just doesn’t feel as good as it should or could have been. But cutting corners doesn’t seem to just be for the animation it feels like it was done in all aspects of the film, a little here, a little there. The animation is a considerable step up from the show but still feels subpar to the standard we’ve come to expect from DreamWorks’ theatrical releases (which makes sense considering the animation wasn’t done in house in order to keep costs down). That being said, Lucky’s friendship with the two frontier girls feels rushed and shallow, as they instantly become BFFs in a matter of minutes after a bonding adventure where the two girls help Lucky get off a runaway Spirit. Lucky, Abigail, and Pru have fun, amiable personalities, and Lucky is a strong, young leading lady.
The simple plot follows tried-and-true narratives, such as an estranged parent-child relationship, a rebellious daughter, and a human befriending a horse.
#SPIRIT MOVIE FULL#
While the TV series makes sense for its target demographic of young girls (and will surely result in girls begging their parents for riding lessons and a room full of Spirit horse figurines), for adult audiences, the film doesn’t have a lot of meat to the bone.
#SPIRIT MOVIE FREE#
Spirit Untamed, however, is a Spirit Riding Free origin story, providing an alternate version of how Lucky met Spirit, Abigail, and Pru.
#SPIRIT MOVIE MOVIE#
While movie debuts of children’s TV properties are nothing new ( My Little Pony: The Movie, Teen Titans Go! To the Movies), typically the movies are an extension of the series, much like an extended episode.
Set before the events of 2003’s Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, this film isn’t quite a prequel (though featuring the same horse) but is more of a retelling of the spin-off TV series, Spirit Riding Free. It’s a bit confusing as to where Spirit Untamed is set in the Spirit universe. But when Lucky discovers Hendricks’ plan to auction Spirit and his herd, Lucky and her two friends, Abigail Stone (Mckenna Grace) and Pru Granger (Marsai Martin), devise a plan to save the herd from a life of back-breaking work in captivity. The rebellious Lucky ignores his wishes and forms a bond with Spirit, freeing him from the pen where a horse wrangler named Hendricks has kept him. There she encounters a wild stallion named Spirit however, her father forbids her from interacting with the horse, fearing another accident. But Lucky’s dad (Jake Gyllenhaal) wants to rekindled his relationship with his daughter and decides it’s finally time for Lucky to live with with him, so she packs her bags and heads to a small town in the Wild Wild West. After her mother died in a horse-riding stunt accident when just a baby, Lucky Prescott (Isabela Merced) spends the majority of her childhood living with her aunt in a big city on the East Coast.
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