There's a very definite lesson to be learned from this story a lesson of which many living in the world today would be well advised to take note. It has something to do with a little thing called `pride,' and everything to do with the courage and tenacity it takes for someone to at least try to stand up when even the very hand of Fate seems bent on keeping them down. It's a film that should be required viewing for anyone who has ever cried out that the world owes them a living, because the message of `Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken,' directed by Steve Miner, is that `Life' isn't fair, but when the worst happens you have to pick yourself up by the bootstraps and get on with it nobody's going to do it for you. It's the story of the kind of challenges life can throw at anyone at random, and then follow up with yet another curve that seemingly takes it beyond the limits of human endurance. But that was just a new challenge and it made the ending that much more exciting.īased on a true story, this film is not only entertaining, but as inspirational as they come a paean to the indomitability of the human spirit in the face of the kind of adversity that would make most of us simply roll over and quit. I thought it would ruin the movie for me when Sonora went blind after an accident. SPOILERS: One of my favorite moments was Al's very public marriage proposal, which was somewhat embarrassing for Sonora, though the audience loved it. I see this as a family movie, with only minimal violence (of the type to be expected with tough characters living in hard times), and nothing really that would bother parents. The movie has comedy, excitement, and some sad moments. Sonora is confident, determined, and quite likeable. The show has various problems which are eventually overcome. A romance with Al, the show owner's son, doesn't go as well as expected. She schemes her way into a job helping take care of the horses, and eventually she gets her big break. Her aunt decides she doesn't want Sonora any more, so Sonora runs away and attempts to join a horse diving show.

The horse breaks the fence and the cows get out. Sonora claims her horse named Lightning can jump over a fence, and the other children dare her to do it. During the Depression, Sonora and her sister are living with her aunt because their parents have died.

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