Gabrielle Anwar, Michael Schoeffling, Cliff Robertson

This charming Disney live-action picture is a genuine sleeper. It's a variation on the old boy-runs-away-to-join-the-circus story, except this time the boy is a girl. After she joins a traveling show ...( read more  read more... )in the 1930s, spunky teen Sonora Webster (Gabrielle Anwar) learns the ropes and eventually lands a plum role in the program: riding a horse off a 40-foot-high diving board into a tank of water. Well, Sonora thinks it's a plum, anyway. Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken has the usual love interest, a brush with tragedy, and some worldly wisdom (the latter doled out by old pro Cliff Robertson, in a nice role as a crusty barnstormer). What makes the movie memorable is the performance of the lovely Gabrielle Anwar, the doe-eyed actress who later danced the tango so memorably with Al Pacino in Scent of a Woman. The movie may be sappy--no surprise with that title--but Anwar provides bright star wattage and a plucky role model. --Robert Horton

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Unrated, 89 min.

Directed by: Steve Miner

Release Date: May 24, 1991

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DVD Release Date: January 17, 2006

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  • October 23, 2007
    This movie is okay. I guess I like it when she goes blind, and when cliff roberton tells her she needs bigger boobs.
  • April 2, 2007
    This movie was so sad! I haven't seen it in forever, but I'm sure it would still make me cry to this day. Very cute though.
  • November 7, 2006
    Wonderful movie.
  • July 18, 2007
    Love it- I love true stories of overcoming obstacles and I hate major hots for Mike Schoeffling which I desperately wish would come back on the scene.
  • January 19, 2007
    I barely remember this movie, but I know we watched it in school.
  • November 29, 2009
    Love love love this movie. I could watch it over and over again!
  • July 17, 2009
    i juv dis movie so much
  • June 22, 2009
    A great feel good movie must see
  • April 30, 2009
    I love this movie! It's based on the real life story of Sonora Webster and it's a lot of fun!
  • April 18, 2009
    OMF!!! I loved this movie as a kid!!!! This is freakin weird, I was just talking about this movie!!

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