Dream Horse

This is a small, sentimental and straightforward film that offers little in the way of surprises. Instead, it wins on heart and a simple message about the value in fighting to keep one's dreams alive.

"Hywl" is a Welsh word that is described on-screen as a "feeling of emotional motivation and energy" - and Dream Horse has certainly imbued its likeable story with plenty of "hwyl".

This is a character-driven movie and the horse is not the main character...

It's a story with all the hallmarks of a typically British feel-good movie in the tradition pioneered by the Ealing comedies of the post-WWII years when the country needed all the laughs it could raise.

The feelgood Brit-com is back!

Shamelessly predictable and thoroughly feelgood.

It is only a supposed telling as it is primarily built around, at best, shallow re-creations, and, at worst, an active jettisoning of what should have been its most compelling aspects. 



A good drama that has the misfortune of coming after a fascinating documentary. Dark Horse will be the place to go to hear the story from those it happened to, but taken on its own merits this is the light, feel-good movie many of us might need this year.

The movie manages to be exactly what you would expect based on its logline, but it fulfills every expectation with crowd-pleasing confidence.

A feel-good Sunday watch, bolstered by the excellent and ever-underrated Collette.