6.5
“You can’t get anywhere on your own.”
Lean on Pete (2018)
April 6, 20182h 1mEN
6.9
360 votes
Overview
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.
Director
Andrew HaighWriters
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$8.0M
Revenue
$2.4M
Production Companies
The BureauFilm4 Productions
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Stephen Campbell
6.0**_Decent enough, but not a patch on Haigh's previous work_** > _I feel everything I do is related to that sense of loneliness and that longing to not be alone. I think all of us spend most of our time feeling alone and we find ways to disguise our loneliness - whether it's relationships, a job or whatever it is - because we know that our central state of being is probably to feel alone. For this story that's especially true: Charley spends a lot of time running away, he leaves the frame and disappears. I think we're constantly battling with loneliness, finding things that make us feel bet…
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