Tuesday, December 16, 2014
The Horse Boy Movie
Should the parents of children incapable of behaving in public inflict them on the fellow patrons in a restaurant. The fact that they do has led me to be selective in being seated at distance from parents with children. The idea that a child could throw a tantrum lasting four hours is exhausting to even conceive. Where the child finds the energy and how the parents could possibly cope.... Begs the question as to who the audience for this type of film may be. People who love horses and travel documentaries? Do you remember Warrendale? Shamanic Rituals do not translate well to film. The book gives the impression the group travelled with bulky felt yurts, what the movie shows them using are modern nylon tents. What lifts this documentary above the routine disease of the week flick is the obvious devotion of the parents to this troubled child.