Spirit Untamed

This is family entertainment that's quite niche in its appeal - pony-mad kids will love it, but it may test the patience of parents.

It'll pass the time easily enough for young viewers, but everyone else will wish they were spirited away on a more sophisticated adventure.

The girl-power message works fine, but the original movie's lesson about wildness being the true nature of animals is gone.

A smaller studio collaborated with Dreamworks this time and the animation is all CGI. But once the girls take off on their quest, the momentum takes over and you forget about the niceties.

I can picture the 10-year-old girls at a slumber party for whom this movie would be the biggest hit, and I hope their parents rent it for them.

Spirit Untamed wasn't a horse I found a lot of enjoyment in riding.

This is a basic tale that is basically told, without the sophistication of anything in the Disney/Pixar stable.

A film made strictly for children with a fine message 
But an animated film that will out the parents to sleep

"Spirit Untamed" is a forgettable entry in the Dreamworks Animation canon – notable only for its connection to the original film. While I can't vouch for the quality of the Netflix series, this film doesn't feel like it has a place on the big screen.

Spirit Untamed is just a watered-down How to Train Your Dragon that replaced anything that can be memorable and original with horses.