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A Cowgirl's Story

When the going gets tough, the tough go riding.

2017 • 98 min • Family

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Synopsis

Dusty Rhodes is new at Jefferson High, and she sticks out like a... well, a cowgirl. Dusty is a real cowgirl from Texas. Her parents are in the U.S. Army: her mother a helicopter pilot and her father a Special Forces Army Ranger. At first, Dusty is an outcast, but eventually she makes friends with a group that includes Savanah, a girl whose father was killed while fighting in Iraq three years earlier. Even though Savanah is kind of Goth and Dusty is all cowgirl they have a special connection and they bond. Dusty gets the school to agree to an Equestrian Drill Team and she enlists her new city slicker friends to join the team. As Dusty and the team practice, Dusty deals with the fears that come with her mother fighting in Afghanistan.

Our family guide

Best from age 8

Movie Knight Score

33 reviews

70 Audience · 33 · 100%

Dusty, a Texas cowgirl, moves to a new high school while her military parents are deployed. She starts an equestrian drill team and finds friendship, learning to cope with the anxieties of having parents in a war zone.

Violence & peril: 2/10
Language: 1/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking: 0/10
Romance & sensuality: 1/10
Scary moments: 2/10

Heads up

Mention of parents in active combat
Brief scenes of emotional distress
A friend has lost a parent in war

What it models well

Friendship and teamwork
Resilience and coping
Patriotism and sacrifice
Empathy and understanding

Talk about it after

Coping with parental deployment
Dealing with new environments
Honoring military families
The importance of friendship

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