Very poor research into the world of youth rodeo and horses in general. In a world where Fallon Taylor is promoting helmet safety in barrels and riding in NFR promoting safety should be a priority. Also a girl from a hunter jumper world would be more likely to wear a helmet. All the sabotage would not be tolerated and is not tolerated in any junior rodeos. A sheriff would be called and a report made and probably an arrest. Ranch kids might play around but would never try to run down a horse and rider intentionally. My kids compete in junior rodeos and have been for years so I do have a basis in my review. If any kids where to act as maliciously as those portrayed here they would not be competing anywhere. Very disappointing movie overall.

source: Rodeo Girl

I am a very famous movie critic, and might I say, this movie is truly PERFECT. If you look closely, you can see it is taken in Indiana, which is my home state, and the best location EVER :D I was born before time and space and let me tell you, this movie makes me cry every time I watch it, especially when I see my daughter and her wonderful acting was in it! Overall, I think it needs 3 Grammies and an Oscar nomination, 12/10 would recommend to anyone with taste because of the acting and how accurate it is. The horses too this day, I still think that they were so accurately portrayed and also had the best acting. To this day, I'm still waiting for its sequel. Thank you Lucas Miles :D

Anyone else notice she rode a different horse to win the finals. The acting isn't the best.

In New England, the spoiled Priscilla (Sophie Bolen) loves horse riding and lives with her mother Abigail (Janet Caine). When Abigail decides to travel with her wealthy boyfriend, he gives the US$ 75,000 horse Lassie to Priscilla and she sends her daughter and Lassie to stay with her estranged father Duke Williams (Kevin Sorbo) in his ranch in Michigan. The snobbish Priscilla does not treat her father well, but soon she befriends his friend Laura Mae (Sherryl Despres) and his employee Sage (Derek Brandon). When they go to a rodeo, Priscilla decides to train to dispute barrel racing and Sage teaches her. Meanwhile, the wealthy farmer Carl Davenport (Mark Boyd) wants to buy Duke's land and his reckless son harasses Priscilla that is improving in the rodeo competition. When Abigail arrives in the ranch, Duke and Priscilla learn that her boyfriend was a con-artist and she does not have money to pay the price of Lassie, and will have to resell the horse. Priscilla vanishes and Duke has to take an attitude. "Rodeo Girl" is a good family entertainment film, with the story of a spoiled girl that loves horse riding and has to stay with her estranged father that she has never met before. Priscilla's character is a typical 14-year-old unpleasant spoiled teenager, and the story should have included something that real hurts to change her behavior and attitude. The scene where the teenager drugs the horse should have had consequences for him. But anyway, the story is light and nice to see with the family. My vote is six. Title (Brazil): "Tempo de Mudanças" ("Time of Changing")

As far as fantasy horse flicks for girls go, there are plenty of films to choose from. Some are abismally bad, others had potential and lost it. But to find a clean film for a young audience set to a backdrop of horses, the best options are in short supply, and this one is on the line for watchable. First some of the bad: The cinematography, from a technical standpoint, was sorely lacking. Some scenes suffered from poor lighting, others had blown out highlight or had contrast and colour settings that distracted from the story - which was so so. But there are some good things. In spite of these challenges, Kevin Sorbo deserves recognition for delivering a good performance. There are plenty of shots of competition riding in rodeo, and this also plays to the audience intended. There are better films, of course, and more accurate films for those educated in equine practices, but if you've seen those big blockbusters, this is a watchable option for an evening with young daughters.

This movie had a very bad story line with even worse acting. I was terribly bored and annoyed with the sassy teenagers but the inaccurate horsemanship and knowledge entertained me enough to watch about 45 minutes of it. Absolutely terrible acting and story line, and not good for kids because the message was that's it's ok to be a spoiled brat and sass your parents and other people for no reason.

I Really Really Loved this show and being the Barrel Racer I am, I just love to see these shows Especially if it's winter out and all my shows are done this shows just make me feel alive and they always get me ready for more racing!! All in all I would say Its a great show for any horse person, someone wanting to do barrel's, and or "Normal" people wanting to see what "Horse" people do....Now English Riders Are not that stuck up yes there can be a hand full that are rude and stuck up but there are a hand full of barrel racers like that to... almost anyone is like this because they think they are better than everyone... This show is trying to get the point a crossed that no one is better than someone else and we should all see what others do before we judge them... you never know you maybe BEST FRIENDS some day or LIKE the SPORT that the play. Just take step back and watch....listen.... and learn

Although others have pointed out the improbabilities of the film, they aren't any worse than other films like Days of Thunder, etc.... With that said, the storyline was enjoyable, and the entire film was a great diversion. It's worth watching!

Very poor research into the world of youth rodeo and horses in general. In a world where Fallon Taylor is promoting helmet safety in barrels and riding in NFR promoting safety should be a priority. Also a girl from a hunter jumper world would be more likely to wear a helmet. All the sabotage would not be tolerated and is not tolerated in any junior rodeos. A sheriff would be called and a report made and probably an arrest. Ranch kids might play around but would never try to run down a horse and rider intentionally. My kids compete in junior rodeos and have been for years so I do have a basis in my review. If any kids where to act as maliciously as those portrayed here they would not be competing anywhere. Very disappointing movie overall.