The Greening of Whitney Brown

PG

Released Nov 11, 2011

1h 27m

Adventure

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14%

14 Reviews

Tomatometer

39%

100+ Ratings

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A spoiled preteen from Philadelphia has to move to the country, and she longs for her old life until she befriends an amazing horse.

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Reese C

I love this movie with my whole heart! My rating is definitely bias as I've met Odd Job Bob in person many times and he defined my childhood, I even named my first horse after him. This movie isn't one I'd think anyone over the age of 12 would truly enjoy unless you hold the same nostalgia as me towards it, but it's mostly light heartened and entertaining definite recommend for parents looking for a horse movie for their horse loving children!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/30/24

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Some time ago, took my daughter to see this, we walked out before the end, contrived situations, actors who don't look like they want to be in it, feigned drama. When my daughter, who loves horses, wants to leave early, you know it's a bomb. Just another disastrous movie from producers Charlie Mason & Justin Moore-Lewy. As a movie buff, I looked them up to see what else they've produced, and yep, a string of failures in multiple genres. Add kid's movies to the list. Seems like everything they touch, becomes a box office atrocity. How hard is it to produce something engaging for kids, but once again, they's proven they can spend money and come out empty handed; not to mention producing a lackluster, boring movie that even kids will walk out on. Very sad, save your money, forget the DVD.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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ok, well, as i have said with other movies... i don't go on what critics think... as i began the movie... i was thinking ok, maybe i was wrong .. But it turned out to be a pretty good movie...

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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Watched this movie with the girls. Cute!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Audience Member

loved this movie! I could relate to all everything! <3

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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Another movie my dad rented to watch with the family, and I was disappointed immediately because I had never heard of this movie and there was a horse on the cover. Horse movies, if you didn't know, are probably my least favorite movies ever. Although this movie didn't rank at the complete bottom of my horse movie list, it wasn't all that great. Very predictable, very childish, very not my type of movie at all.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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Peter Odiorne

Director

Aidan Quinn

Henry Brown

Brooke Shields

Joan Brown

Kris Kristofferson

Dusty Brown

Samantha Hanratty

Whitney Brown

Keith David

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Rated: B-

Feb 18, 2012

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Sara Stewart

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There's a fair amount of greening, but that doesn't make Whitney any less grating.

Rated: 1.5/4

Nov 11, 2011

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Jeannette Catsoulis

New York Times

As she learns the value of public schools and pickup trucks, her erstwhile friends in Philadelphia seem happy to be rid of her. By movie's end, you'll feel exactly the same.

Rated: 1.5/5

Nov 10, 2011

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Sandie Angulo Chen

Common Sense Media

So-so tween riches-to-rags story has positive lesson.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 9, 2011

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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality & Practice

An obnoxious and self-absorbed little girl tries to cope with a down-scaled life.

Rated: 1/5

Nov 11, 2011

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Prairie Miller

NewsBlaze

A kind of equal opportunity economic hard times cinema proclaiming that Occupy Wall Street attitude is not just for grownups, the movie poses the question: What's a One Percent spoiled tween to do when dumped CEO Dad's credit cards are beyond maxed out.

Nov 6, 2011

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Synopsis

A spoiled preteen from Philadelphia has to move to the country, and she longs for her old life until she befriends an amazing horse.

Director: Peter Odiorne
Producer: Ed Fitts, Sue Rathbone
Screenwriter: Gail Gilchriest
Distributor: Cinedigm
Rating: PG (Brief Mild Language)
Genre: Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 11, 2011, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 18, 2016
Runtime: 1h 27m