Riding Faith

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This film is most appropriate for people who are Christians. The plot is quite slow moving and repetitive. The topic of arguments between characters does not change much. It is definitely not mysterious in any way and there aren't many surprises. Although the message is quite uplifting and can help any person. The storyline entails a mother Rebecca, a father Mike, and their teenage daughter Grace, who move to a large, countryside ranch. But everything goes downhill when Grace's father is deployed in the military and passes away in battle. After this, she and her mom struggle to pay the mortgage and must do anything to save the farm, including hold on to hope, have faith and believe that not all is lost. Grace (Grace Van Dien) is a very emotionally driven character. She cares so much about the ranch and will do anything she can to make sure that she and her mom can keep it and continue to live a full life together. What really stands out about Hope Ranch is the music. The tempo and instruments in each scene tie together in a way that is expressive of emotion and the events that either follow or are presently happening. It happens to be my favorite part as well. It helps the element of varying emotions shine and helps viewers to connect more with the storyline and the situation that the characters are in. The message of this movie is that you should never give up or lose hope, and that if you persevere through tough times, it will only make you stronger than ever before. It is definitely successful in portraying its message. The message is most certainly positive and uplifting. There isn't any negative language or behavior. This film definitely promotes the admired social behavior of helping others in need and sticking together in times of difficulty, which is an effective choice, as it helps other people in desperate situations. I give this film 3 out of 5 stars and recommend it for ages 12 to 18, plus adults. Reviewed by Ruby A., KIDS FIRST! reporter

Amazing movie.. wonderful story! Truly heart touching..

This whole movie just seemed like propaganda from the American Government and the church. Also there is no story line and terrible acting.

"No for sale ranch no more! Can you believe we did it? Thank you girls for believing in me." A husband, father, pastor and friend was so happy to finally get the place of their dreams. But this happiness was to be short lived when he was killed serving a second tour. Now behind in bills and facing foreclosure on that dream, Rebecca sells the last memory her daughter Grace, had gotten from her father. A speckled horse he named Faith. Grace no longer wants to attend church or see the pastor's face because he reminds her of her dad's funeral. "She still had her hope (speaking of her mother). When dad died I lost my faith." This is a very interesting film which includes reflections of Mike's life throughout the movie. Sharing the memories that light the corners of their minds; giving the viewer a clearer insight as to who Mike really was and the effect he had on all those around him. A mother, through her faith, expresses her desire that she and Grace stay strong and together in order to overcome their heart wrenching loss and other ongoing battles. In the midst of trying to get Grace on board, her daughter asks, "What's the point in prayer if I don't believe the words? To which Rebecca replies, "You know your dad is still with us. He is always going to be here." All these pressures begin taking a toll on Rebecca who is starting to doubt if she has the strength to get through it all. She feels like God's not hearing her prayers. Then Pastor Williams reminds her that with hope and faith she will be able to fight when she feels like quitting A keepsake for peace sake is given to Grace to honor Mike's last request. And you will have to see the movie to find out what it is and how it all turns out. What I took away from this film was sometimes in life we just have to ride on faith to ride out life's storms---in order to see God's plan; even though we are clueless to the conclusion. Because He is truly the God of the faithful and He still works in mysterious ways. On my website gave this a 3 1/2 stars.

The acting in this movie is atrocious. The characters are cardboard cutouts at best, and the plot was so cliché I knew what was going to happen scenes before anything happened

It seems like a very easy solution. It seems so simple. Why didn't mom tell her daughter about selling the horse? This movie is bad.

This show was overall really bad. being a horse crazy person there were a lot of problems that the actress who owned the horse did. she obviously had no experience with horses. it looked like she didnt even know how to ride correctly. she also called her horse "white" if im not mistaken. that's not that big of a deal but if you have a horse you should be able to know what color she is. and since I am an equestrian and stuff this kinda gets on my nerves. if they are going to make a movie that is mainly about a girl and her bond between her horse than they should at least know some simple stuff about horses, or else they might as well not have one in their movie. there were a lot of other mistakes that they made but the biggest one was that the girl was walking her horse on a halter (with the lead rope) and then she kept on dropping it on the ground to talk to her bf or guy friend or whatever. This is very dangerous. the horse in this movie was probably very well trained but if a kid goes and does this with their horse thinking it's okay, it's most likely that the horse will run or walk off and then trip and fall over the lead rope. sometimes depending on the fall, the horse could die from tripping and hurting it's leg . I also found the movie unrealistic. the only reason i gave this movie a 2 star is because the horse is really pretty.

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