Matrixston Wow! Such a good movie.

Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Rio Hayward All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Nelson Strang So unbelievably slow and dull that it took 2 sittings just to get through the first 10 minutes. Nothing happens until Steve Buscemi comes on and saves the film, but then he's out of the picture 15 minutes later and the film dies on its arse again. It's a complete mess of incoherent story-telling and non-sequiturs, but tied together by a really impressive central performance from Charlie Plummer. Coming from the so-called "new saviour of British filmmaking" Andrew Haigh, I had much higher hopes for this, but it really isn't worth your time. Best avoided.

Eduardo Melnik I watched this movie expecting it would be about the relationship between Charlie and the horse, Pete. I expected this movie to move me and show the bravery of a boy to defend his friend and save his life. I don't want to write any spoilers but this movie is nothing like that. It's just a very sad drama about the misfortunes of Charlie and has very very little to do about his relationship with the horse. I gave it one star because the movie title, the trailers are completely misguided. It should have been titled "Charlie's Life" or something like that. The plot is extremely slow and boring. If you are expecting the same things as I did, I would strongly suggest you skip this movie.

nealkattman I don't know what lawyers say after watching a movie about lawyering. The same goes for cops and cop movies. Or doctors and doctor movies. Well I'm a lifelong horseman whose been in the racing game nearly my whole life and my take on "Lean on Pete" is somewhat mixed. The general goings on you see at the track and the people who own and handle the horses was pretty authentic. But the actual namesake of the whole production was lame as it could be possibly be. First of all running quarter horses don't look anything like LOP ...HAHA I mean this animal had a gut like Sumo wrestler and a butt like a house cat. Real running QH's look like bulldogs, (for lack of a better animal to fit the description) Then when the kid steals the horse and sets out alone on a mission to save him from the butcher shop, was REALLY STUPID. But then maybe it could happen at that. But the people who are both horse people and those who aren't was very much like any a*****e you'll see anywhere in the world.

willeasyer This movie took a dark turner quickly, wasn't really expecting that, I was waiting for a family kind of adventurism coming of age movie, however, it's still a stirring and heartful movie. Lean on Pete is a film that tackles the world through the idealism of a boy and the realism of the adults around him with the horse representing the perception of things from each side as Charlie gets quickly attached to it and adults trying to get rid of it, I love how it represented hope and shelter for a kid with an uncertain future. as a whole, it's a very touching film even if I can reproach him the slow pace and rhythm