2020 · drama · supernatural · coming-of-age
Black Beauty
Directed by Ashley Avis1h 50m2020
Born free in the American West, Black Beauty is a horse rounded up and brought to Birtwick Stables, where she meets spirited teenager Jo Green. The two forge a bond that carries Beauty through the different chapters, challenges and adventures.
Our read: Black Beauty (2020) reads as a cosy, measured, grounded drama · supernatural · coming-of-age entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, measured, gentle drama / supernatural, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- cosy
- measured
- gentle
- redemptive
- tender
- intimate
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How Black Beauty feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want a narrated horse journey about resilience through loss and new bonds.”
Skip it tonight — You cannot bear watching an animal suffer abuse and hardship.
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