The Oscar-nominated 2002 animated feature Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron begat the Emmy-winning 2017 Netflix cartoon series Spirit: Riding Free, which now has begotten the animated feature Spirit…
DreamWorks has a way of maximizing potential of its various properties by turning them into franchises one way or another, so instead of the beautifully 2D-animated original feature film, the 2021 cinematic sequel the studio has dreamed up is more like an origin story of the series — and one that more comfortably fits in the CGI mold of today’s more commercial feature toons.
At the center of the tale is Lucky Prescott . Her mother Milagro , a true horseperson who tragically died, seesspirit reignited in the daughter who was sent to the East Coast to live with proper Aunt Cora , who finds she cannot be tamed by that environment and decides to bring her back west to the railroad town of Miradero, where her father Jim Prescott lives. But he is quite awkward in dealing with the idea that he is suited to bring up Lucky in a way she deserves.
Of course, you need a villain for any animated flick worth its salt, and he comes in the form of a heartless horse wrangler determined to round up all the free wild horses who roam near Miradero,Spirit. That is exactly what he and his motley crew do, capturing them all and loading them up to be sold for whatever and toLucky, with the aid of her friends, finds this unacceptable, and thus the fight to free them begins.
All of this is harmless entertainment that its target audience will eat up because it falls squarely into a winning movie tradition and has a plucky young heroine with whom they can identify. After all the decades of boy-driven stories set in the wild West, it is refreshing to see the girls get their turn (how long
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