Michael L Hays

The scenery is spectacular. The life is attractive to one who has been there. The relationship between the horse and the whisper makes more sense to me than the relationship between Tom and Mom. In Ebert's review, there is some mocking of the eye-to-eye, but, as an animal whisper in a small-time way, I know the centrality and power of that kind of communion. Relax in a slow-paced, easy-going story of hurts and hearts healed.

The story is a little slapstick, but the dialogue is witty. Catch the travel agent's comment when, having been told the second ticket is for Segal's mother (different name from remarriage), Jackson walks in to claim it.