Spirit Untamed
Seen it?2021 | 88 min | Adventure, Animation, Family, Western
Sunday Safe BetWhy it’s a Sunday Safe Bet
Audiences rate it highly (7.2 out of 10), though it had middling reviews (48% on Rotten Tomatoes) and soft box office. A safe bet when you want something reliable.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for adventure fans and families. If you loved Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron or Swapped, start here. Audiences love it more than critics do: a crowd-pleaser first.
- The mood
- Feel-good.
- The pace
- Moves along nicely, at 1 hr 28 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated PG. Worth a look first if you have very young kids.
- Critics were cooler on it than audiences.
Lucky Prescott's life is changed forever when she moves from her home in the city to a small frontier town and befriends a wild mustang named Spirit.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsBelow par
48% on Rotten Tomatoes, 49 on Metacritic
- AudiencesStrong
7.2 out of 10
- AwardsBelow par
1 win and 4 nominations from smaller awards and festivals
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$43 million worldwide on a $30 million budget
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 144K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Elaine Bogan
- Isabela MercedLucky Prescott (voice)
- Julianne MooreAunt Cora (voice)
- Marsai MartinPrudence Granger (voice)
- Mckenna GraceAbigail Stone (voice)
- Walton GogginsHendricks (voice)
- Jake GyllenhaalJim Prescott (voice)
- Gary A. HeckerHorse Vocals (voice)
- Eiza GonzálezMilagro Navarro Prescott (voice)
- Andre BraugherAl Granger (voice)
- Lucian PerezSnips Stone (voice)