Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken

Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken (1991)

  • 70% of critics liked it
    (10 reviews)

  • 84% of users liked it
    (16,472 ratings)

Based on a true story, Disney's family film Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken follows the adventures of a 1920s teenager named Sonora Webster (Gabrielle Anwar), who runs away from her foster home to join a carnival. At the carnival, she gets a job as a stunt rider who leaps with her horse into a… More

G,
Directed By
Genres
Drama, Action & Adventure, Kids & Family
In Theaters
May 24, 1991 Wide
On DVD
Jan 17, 2006

Critic Reviews

  • Brian Costello, Common Sense Media

    Girl-and-her-horse story with some peril might inspire kids.

  • Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

    Tells the true story of a runaway orphan who gets a job in a traveling stunt show

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Curtis L


    This movie is okay. I guess I like it when she goes blind, and when cliff roberton tells her she needs bigger boobs.

  • Leigh R


    Wonderful movie.

  • Dannielle A


    Gabrielle Anwar was 21 years old when she played Sonora. I thought she was maybe 14, no more than 16 except when she got her hair done and put on make-up I thought, "DANG! She looks 21." But then when the love scenes played out I became increasingly disgusted because she… More

  • ashley h


    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.

  • Erin C


    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.

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