Summer is here and it's time to make some fun family plans! It's also time to get back to life, something we've all missed dearly over the past year and a half. The theater is calling - they miss you! Spirit Untamed is a wonderful new family film, opening only in theaters on June 4th. Read on for a trailer of the film as well as my spoiler-free review!
Disclosure: this is a sponsored post on behalf of Review Wire Media for DreamWorks.
About Spirit Untamed
Fans of the Spirit horse franchise will be excited to see this beautiful new film from DreamWorks Animation. Spirit Untamed is the next chapter in DreamWorks Animation’s beloved franchise that began with the 2002 Oscar-nominated film Spirit: Stallion of Cimarron and includes an Emmy-winning TV series. The film is directed by Elaine Bogan (Netflix and DreamWorks Animation Television’s Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia) and is produced by Karen Foster (co-producer, How to Train Your Dragon). The film’s co-director is Ennio Torresan (head of story, The Boss Baby), and the film’s score is by composer Amie Doherty (Amazon’s Undone, DreamWorks Animation’s Marooned).
Spirit Untamed Synopsis
I won't give away too much about the film (this is a spoiler-free zone!) but here is the official synopsis from DreamWorks Animation:
Lucky Prescott (Isabela Merced, Dora and the Lost City of Gold) never really knew her late mother, Milagro Navarro (Eiza González, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw), a fearless horse-riding stunt performer from Miradero, a small town on the edge of the wide-open frontier. Like her mother, Lucky isn’t exactly a fan of rules and restrictions, which has caused her Aunt Cora (Academy Award® winner Julianne Moore) no small amount of worry. Lucky has grown up in an East Coast city under Cora’s watchful eye, but when Lucky presses her own luck with one too many risky escapades, Cora picks up stakes and moves them both back with Lucky’s father, Jim (Oscar® nominee Jake Gyllenhaal), in Miradero.
Lucky is decidedly unimpressed with the sleepy little town. She has a change of heart when she meets Spirit, a wild Mustang who shares her independent streak, and befriends two local horseback riders, Abigail Stone (Mckenna Grace, Captain Marvel) and Pru Granger (Marsai Martin, Little). Pru’s father, stable owner Al Granger (Emmy winner Andre Braugher, Fox’s Brooklyn Nine-Nine), is the best friend of Lucky’s father.
When a heartless horse wrangler (Emmy nominee Walton Goggins, FX’s Justified) and his team plan to capture Spirit and his herd and auction them off to a life of captivity and hard labor, Lucky enlists her new friends and bravely embarks on the adventure of a lifetime to rescue the horse who has given her freedom and a sense of purpose, and has helped Lucky discover a connection to her mother’s legacy and to her Mexican heritage that she never expected.
Watch a Trailer of the Film
Check out the trailer for Spirit Untamed below.
The Jersey Momma's Review of Spirit Untamed
I was able to screen Spirit Untamed before its official release and it doesn't disappoint. Whether you are a fan of the original Spirit franchise or new to its beauty, you'll certainly enjoy the stunning animation and uplifting storyline. Spirit Untamed has a wonderful cast that really delivers. Spirit Untamed is rated PG for some moments of danger and peril, but know that there is nothing overly frightening for kids. It's a great family film, especially for horse lovers. I loved the animation and the beautiful music, which might seem like minor things, but to me, they really contribute to making this a special movie.
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