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Dream Alliance is an unlikely race horse bred by small-town Welsh bartender Jan Vokes. With no experience, Jan convinces her neighbors to chip in their meager earnings to help raise Dream in the hopes he can compete with the racing elites.
(PG, 113 min.)
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Dream Horse tells the inspiring true story of Dream Alliance, an unlikely race horse bred by small town Welsh bartender, Jan Vokes (Toni Collette). With very little money and no experience, Jan convinces her neighbors to chip in their meager earnings to help raise Dream in the hopes he can compete with the racing elites. The group’s investment pays off as Dream rises through the ranks with grit and determination and goes on to race in the Welsh Grand National showing the heart of a true champion.
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Starring: Toni Collette, Damian Lewis, Siân Phillips
Director: Euros Lyn
Genre(s): Biography, Comedy, Drama
"The kind of unabashed crowd-pleaser that was made with care."
— Nick Allen, RogerEbert.com
"A well-cast, artfully handled effort that exercises sufficient restraint to really earn its requisite laughter and tears."
— Dennis Harvey, Variety
"Director Euros Lyn infuses the tale with a warm sense of humor and heart, thrilling emotional stakes and a deeply felt sense of Welsh pride."
— Katie Walsh, Tribune News Service
"Throughout, Collette makes us believe in the human-animal connection between Jan and Dream Alliance, which is touching, mysterious and deep."
— Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
"The authenticity that Collette brings to a woman desperate for some kind of change and the willingness to seek it is inspiring. She's the real winner here."
— Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic
"Like horseracing, filmmaking is a high-risk gamblers' game, but the team behind Dream Horse, the resulting dramatization of the Vokes' story, have surely bred a winner with this endearing, determinedly crowd-pleasing adaptation."
— Leslie Felperin, Hollywood Reporter
