The Horse Whisperer (1998) **

Redford plays a new Age healer who helps horses with people problems. It's Harlequin romance set in the Far West, a quintessential "chick flick", that tries to capture the same crowd that flocked to see "The Bridges of Madison County" and "Legends of the Fall". It's very well made, but would have been a lot better, if instead of pandering to the misty-eyed, the hankerchief-wielding, and the romance-starved, the film would focus on more interesting aspects of the story.