![]() ![]() ![]() The cobwebs and haphazard tack and tools everywhere made me worry that some would cry “neglect” even if the horses were fed, loved, and well tended. A sequence when Cole shovels manure in brand new, bright white Air Jordan’s is both satisfying and relatable to any who has blistered their palms on the edges of a wheelbarrow.Īs I watched, though, I worried about the comments my fellow equestrians would have made if they walked into the stables on Fletcher street. Cost, sacrifice, dirty barn chores, and the precarity of urban horse ownership are all front and center. The film also captures the realities of horse ownership in a way many movies gloss over. Cole’s relationship with Boo is reliable and safe in a way nothing else in his life is. While the sweetness of the scene was admirable, it will make anyone who has spent more than 10 minutes around horses facepalm.ĭespite the wild-horse-no-one-can-ride issue, the chemistry between the young man and the buckskin gelding makes the film worth watching all by itself. The quiet moments between Cole and Boo create a captivating contrast when juxtaposed against the loud and complicated chaos of Northern Philly. ![]() The scenes where emotions run high are well-acted but fall flat because the writing fails to give any character much of a backstory.Įarly on, there is the painfully tired trope of an untrained kid, in this case, Cole, climbing on the back of Boo, an untrained horse. ![]() While the themes explored in Concrete Cowboy run deep, the plot is flimsy and the characters are often hollow. ![]()
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