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Emma's Chance

Emma's Chance

Drama · Family · 2016

While fulfilling her community service hours at a horse rescue ranch, Emma forms an unlikely bond with an abused show horse who won't let anyone ride him.

Movie details

Emma's Chance

“In rescuing I was rescued”

2016 Drama · Family 1h 23m

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TMDB

6.3 / 10

Community rating

While fulfilling her community service hours at a horse rescue ranch, Emma forms an unlikely bond with an abused show horse who won't let anyone ride him.

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What this film says about your taste.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Anna Elizabeth James

Written by

Anna Elizabeth James · Tyler W. Konney

Greer Grammer

Greer Grammer

Emma

Joey Lawrence

Joey Lawrence

Kevin Chambers

Missi Pyle

Missi Pyle

Susan Peirce

Jennifer Bini Taylor

Jennifer Bini Taylor

Miranda Bailey

Christina Robinson

Christina Robinson

Lexi Smith

Ryan McCartan

Ryan McCartan

Jacob Murphy

Lia Marie Johnson

Lia Marie Johnson

Meg Bowler

Court is in session

Put Emma's Chance on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.