Robert Redford is a great actor!

not a very scholarly response, if that's all you have to say, we2 -- have you seen any other Redford films? and, by the way, he has many more lines in this film, too. e.g. "I didn't love her cause it was right - I just loved her."

think you could do better? the phone book is full of people who think Redford just plays Redford.. A&E tried to remake 'Great Gatsby' - you'll find that DVD in the bottom of the 'one dollar' bin at Walmart.

:-) canuckteach (--:

I agree. He could have been Kristin Scott Thomas' character's father - ew. I hate when Hollywood casts an actor with a much younger romantic partner and then doesn't acknowledge the age difference. It's one thing if the story is about the age difference. But in this flick, it's not. We're supposed to watch this old, wrinkly guy suck the face of a much younger woman (who was no spring chicken herself) and think that it's fine and dandy. If they had just thrown in a line like, "God, I bet I could be your daddy's older brother," I would have been sort of okay with it. (And yes, I agree that Redford is a good movie star and director.)

I saw this movie in the theater, saw how Redford stood in the grass staring at the horse, and became convinced that Redford himself had some special knowledge of horses. After seeing the movie, I read the book: Monty Roberts: The Man Who Listens to Horses, and found an amazing amount of practical knowledge about training horses from a man who taught himself by watching wild horses interact at night. I learned what I could from the book, then applied this knowledge several times with wild deer, and found that I could influence their behavior in amazing ways! After reading the book, I saw the movie again, and then was profoundly moved at how horses had, for centuries, been needlessly mistreated because of human ignorance. Monty Roberts is so good that Queen Elizabeth has had him demonstrate his techniques for her personally. This movie should be considered a classic because of the subject matter, which needs to be out there.