Moondance Alexander

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Moondance Alexander

G

Released Sep 14, 2007

1h 33m

Kids & Family

Drama

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Moondance (Kay Panabaker), a misfit at her school, anticipates another lonely summer. She unexpectedly finds an escaped horse named Checkers and returns him to his rightful owner, Dante (Don Johnson). Undeterred by Dante's gruff manner, she asks him for a job at the stable. While riding Checkers, she discovers he has a talent for jumping, and she convinces Dante to coach them for a prestigious competition.

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Sean P. Means

Salt Lake Tribune

This family drama... tries so hard to be warm and uplifting that you keep rooting for it to be better than it is.

Rated: 2/4

Oct 20, 2007

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Jeff Vice

Deseret News (Salt Lake City)

It's certainly not terrible, but why the filmmakers didn't just ship it straight to video or cable is anyone's guess.

Rated: 2.5/4

Oct 19, 2007

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Jacob A

This is one of the best horse movies, as well as one of the best to have Lori Loughlin and Kay Pananaker as the mother and daughter.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/02/25

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Rebecca R

I genuinely loved this heartwarming, positive, inspirational, anti-bullying movie. It was rated G, & a breath of fresh air. The characters were perfect, with some super stars in the lead roles. It would be a great place to start a conversation about bullying. Hollywood give us more movies like this.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/31/23

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Audience Member

moondance Alexander was a incredible movie I definitely enjoyed this film because horses are my number 1 favourite animal in the world this inspired me to get involved in horse jumping I would definitely watch this movie again ð?

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Audience Member

This was a very sweet underdog story.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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Stephen S

Not bad. Kind of middle-of-the-road hallmark film. Still interesting to watch. Kay Panabaker is a fantastic lead though...I don't know if this is some kind of saga/book series or anything, but she was a great choice to play the protagonist. Anyway, this film isn't anything special, but still enjoyable to watch, and that's the point, isn't it?

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/11/14

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Audience Member

It's not terrible, but hugely disappointing and so cliche.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Michael Damian

Director

Don Johnson

Dante

Kay Panabaker

Moondance

Lori Loughlin

Gelsey

Sasha Cohen

Fiona

James Best

Mr. McClancy

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Synopsis

Moondance (Kay Panabaker), a misfit at her school, anticipates another lonely summer. She unexpectedly finds an escaped horse named Checkers and returns him to his rightful owner, Dante (Don Johnson). Undeterred by Dante's gruff manner, she asks him for a job at the stable. While riding Checkers, she discovers he has a talent for jumping, and she convinces Dante to coach them for a prestigious competition.

Director: Michael Damian
Producer: Janeen Damian, Michael Damian
Screenwriter: Michael Damian, Janeen Damian
Distributor: The Bigger Picture
Production Co: Riviera Films, Orchard Park Productions
Rating: G
Genre: Kids & Family, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 14, 2007, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 25, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $37.7K
Runtime: 1h 33m

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