Synopsis
Whitney, a spoiled pre-teen from Philadelphia, is forced to move to the country when her parents feel the squeeze of economic hard times. A fish out of water, far from her comfort zone, she befriends an amazing horse, and undertakes a misguided journey back to her old life, only to discover that her family is her home.
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Cast
- Samantha HanrattyWhitney Brown
- Brooke ShieldsJoan Brown
- Aidan QuinnHenry Brown
- Kris KristoffersonDusty Brown
- Natalia DyerLily
- Slade PearceBen
- Anna ColwellAlicia
- Keith DavidClerk
- Morgan SaylorAnnie
- Cody SullivanStudent (uncredited)
Recommandations
- 50
Slant Magazine
The first strike against the movie is that the awkward and diminutive Sammi Hanratty is never even slightly convincing as an enviable teenage diva, and surely not as the most popular girl in school. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
The film, both in scope and tone, has a downsized vibe that would have made it a much better fit on an ABC Family than in a movie theater. - 50
Philadelphia Inquirer
By turns pleasant and preposterous, The Greening of Whitney Brown is a reverse Cinderella tale for tweens. - 50
Variety
This simplistic story of bucolic redemption has few pretensions to depth, ambiguity or realism, relying on its name cast, sprightly lead and a helluva horse to attract family audiences. - 40
Time Out
Content to be a typical piece of tween rural-versus-urban fluff from the old Hannah Montana: The Movie mold. Such lazy complacency is almost enough to make you see red. - 40
Village Voice
This is intended as one of those kid's comeuppance stories, in which a new maturity is won through contact with salt-of-the-earth types and honest labor but is done with an almost total lack of charm. - 40
Los Angeles Times
After a grating start, the movie, directed by Peter Odiorne from a script by Gail Gilchriest ("My Dog Skip"), finds its way into warmer, more likable territory. That is, until it flies off the rails in a third act so devoid of logic it could have been concocted on the moon. - 38
New York Post
Bright spots in The Greening of Whitney Brown are Bob the horse, a Gypsy Vanner who teaches Whitney about friendship and her rancher grandpa (Kris Kristofferson), who gets the Philly princess mucking out stalls.
