Lean on Pete
Film2018121 min

Lean on Pete

Taste attributes: adventuredramavehiclesfamilyanimalswholesomelightsimplelinearglossybig & variedall consuming questcomplex relationship

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"You can’t get anywhere on your own"

Boxlist takeA warm-hearted, breezy adventure film: wide-ranging and glossy. Best if you like warmth over edge.

Taste details

Quality rating

6.9 /10

TMDB · 239 votes

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What lines up

  • Pace: Balanced, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

  • Wholesomeness: Wholesome, where this profile leans unsavoury
  • Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy

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Synopsis

Charley Thompson, a teenager living with his single father, gets a summer job working for horse trainer Del Montgomery. Bonding with an aging racehorse named Lean on Pete, Charley is horrified to learn he is bound for slaughter, and so he steals the horse, and the duo embark on an odyssey across the new American frontier.

Synopsis: TMDB

Taste Attributes

Characteristics

Where this title sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Directed by

  • Andrew Haigh

Cast

Details

Genre
Adventure
Year
2018
Runtime
121 min
Status
Released
Studio
BFI Film Fund
Taste scores
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.

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