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The Saddle Club - Adventures at Pine Hollow

The Saddle Club - Adventures at Pine Hollow

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: the saddle club rocks!!!
Review: i have read alot of the saddle club books so when this movie came out i was sooo happy!!! its an awesome movie for any horselover!!! its a little different then the book but its still awesome! i watched it everday for like a month and i still watch it just about every weekend!! it is a must have for any saddle club fan!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: The Saddle Club
Review: ...I doubt that the movie was made from the tv show, It was most likely taken from the books.
I thought the movie was pretty good. I liked how it talked about some of the things girls go through at that age. It was enjoyable.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Cowgirls Only Sometimes Get the Blues
Review: A mean girl, horses, handsome young men, horses, girlfriends, boys, horses--this movie has everything a young girl on the verge of her teenage years could want.

My daughter discovered this movie last weekend, just after returning home from a combined swimming pool/horseback riding birthday party and right before uncovering her case of chicken pox. (mild, fortunately.)

Since we've been encountering some problems with a mean girl in school, the nasty, spoiled rich girl in the story who has nothing kind whatsoever to say to anyone, except when she's trying to manipulate people, held my attention. I confess, I cheered (quietly but vociferously) when she fell off her horse.

But that's not really the main focus of the movie.

Here's what this movie, based an Australian TV series, which itself was based on a series of books by Bonnie Bryant--none of which we'd read or even heard of until now-- is about:

Three likable girls, Stevie, Carol, and Lisa, all try to perfect their riding skills at an Australian riding club while
coping with the nasty Veronica whose stubbornness leads to the
death of her horse, their own changing interests,the impending birth of a foal, various other horse health crises, and the presence of handsome young fellows who work as stablehands. Oh, and a boy their age who is, in his own fumbling way, trying to figure out how to let one of the girls know that he likes her.

Carol is still contending with the loss of her mother, a veterinarian whose shoes she'd hoped to fill, though she encounters doubts. Stevie is trying to stay out of
Veronica's way while maintaining her interest in horses, even as some of her friends strike out in other directions and Lisa is just trying to figure out life.

The girls go through their paces with their horses, try to
ignore Veronica and her pal, await the arrival of the foal and visit with an old friend whose interests have changed.

There are moments of bravery and derring-do, a little skulduggery (Veronica just has to do things her way, and the death of her horse slows her down only temporarily), and some rather wise, no-nonsense adults who pop in and out of scenes, offering mostly good advice. Thank goodness there were no truly idiotic adult types that we see so often on TV.

It is a pretty tame movie overall, but with great appeal to preteen girls. (Preteen boys would rather take out the garbage than watch it, I suspect.) We, or at least the junior person in the house, has seen it six times so far.

There's nothing untoward in this movie, nothing to keep parents from letting their daughters see it, with the issues of developing friendships and rivalry sure to catch their attention.

Because of the death of the horse, some younger girls may not want to watch this, though there's no actual death scene. Overall, it's a pleasant enough story with a few lessons for girls, and a wonderful musical theme called Hello World.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Excellent recreation!!!!!!!
Review: After finishing the whole talented Bonnie Bryant Saddle Club series, I just had to have the video! I was very impressed with how accurate the details were and thought that this recreation of about 5 of the books was superb! I have been a faithful reader of The Saddle Club series for atleast 6 years, and I was thrilled that there was a live version of some of the most memorable moments on tape! Not only did the actors do an awsome job, but the horses get equal credit as well!!! I recommend this wonderful movie to anyone who loves horses or is familiar with The Saddle Club series!!!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The Best Movie Ever
Review: I absolutely love this movie, the best one I've seen.
My best friend has a brother and a sister who each own a horse.
One horse is a Quarter Horse(her name's Dee). The other one's a Morgan.
I've, of course, always wanted a horse, but they cost to much.(actually my mom says the fencing costs the most.)
It's really sad when Cobalt has to be put down and Carole does take his death very hard.
But she quickly recovers when she hears that Delilah is going to have a foal and the father is Cobalt.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A Dream Movie
Review: I absouletly LoVe this movie. If you love/ride horses, this is your kind of movie. It's about 3 12 year old girls(Lisa, Carole, and Stevie). They all go to a horse stable called Pine Hollow for riding lessons. An accident kills a horse and hurts the owner(Veronica). Then, The dead horse's mate has a baby foal named samson. I'M THE BIGGEST FAN OF THIS MOVIE! If you don't have this movie, you HAVE to buy it.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: fun to watch but not so great
Review: I don't think any of you reviewers have seen the Saddle Club episodes on TV. I wouldn't blame you because you'd have to have digital cable. Anyway, they chose the sad episodes to put in the video, not the good ones. It's still a good movie. I mean, how often would you find a horse movie? I've seen it so many times.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: This Rocks!!!
Review: I first got the vhs in June and couldnt stop watching it! ( The day after i got it i was sick so i could watch it all day!) Then i started to ride horses more often. Then I am a huge fan of Sophie Lara and Keenan! I am amazed by their talents and have Lara and Sophies autograph!!! Then I got the dvd and loved it! In Complete Horse Guide it has Sophies new hair! ( Sorry lara fans but she wasnt in complete horse guide!)

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: When I was 5 I wanted to be a cat...
Review: I have been an avid reader of the saddle club for years. I went and purchased this DVD today on an impulse buy even though it cost me an arm and a leg. Though it did not stick to the books AT ALL (since when is Veronica caring and since when does Carole have Starlight IN THE FIRST BOOK), the film was humorous, and Judy made it what it was with her line about wishing to be a cat. Also, many of the actors, such as Max, Red, and Jake were EXTREMELY hot, being as they had accents. Also, the song 'Hello World' was simply marvolous, and the DVD had the music video to boot, and it was grand. On a sidenote, now, many hours after watching the film, we (my friend and I) are making a funfetti pilsberry dough boy cake. It's one in the morning...THOUGHT YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW! Shelia Bee's a really cool girl.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: I love the saddle club
Review: I loooooved this movie! I love horses but this had just enough for everyone!
Sophie Bennett was by FAR the best actor in it. She is such a talented little actor! and to the person who said it was too childish and they looked 11 or 12 thats because THEY WERE can you believe that!?
So good
check out Sophie Bennett in some new stuff!


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