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Wildfire (2005)
Gets the Job Done
As for a teenaged "chick flick" it meets all the requirements; hot guys, cool chicks, rebellion, romance, drama, romantic competition, implied sex and, of course, horses!
Acting is marginal at times but that has more to do with writing and character development. (one dimensional; ie Is Pablo ever in a good mood? Is Matt always uptight and worried?) Chris is a study in narcissistic sociopathy (but after all she is a criminal - and they don't change. Right?). Still I watched, and watched. So will you. As for accuracy? Maybe the scenery. but the horse racing culture could not be further off the mark - Ask Triple Crown winner Justify's people if they use him s a trail-riding horse in between races? What are Ritter's or Davis' racing colors? Jockey silks DO NOT change from race to race. I could go on but you get it.
But - I kept watching and watching, and so will you!
Run for the Roses (1977)
Embarrassing
Stuart Whitman and Vera Miles must have been ashamed to watch themselves is the poorly scripted, inaccurate, almost ridiculous movie. The only well done parts were the actual race footages. The acting was hilarious!