Lean on Pete
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2018
2h 1m
R
English
Drama, Adventure
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Lean on Pete
Charley Thompson, a teenager living with his single father, gets a summer job working for horse trainer Del Montgomery. Bonding with an aging racehorse named Lean on Pete, Charley is horrified to learn he is bound for slaughter, and so he steals the horse, and the duo embark on an odyssey across the new American frontier.
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Cast
Charley
Lynn
Race Announcer
Lynn's Husband
Cop 1
Cop 2
Nurse
Bonnie
Old Timer
Portland Downs Security Guard
Ruby
Mitch
Dallas
Mike
Mr. Kendall
Laurie
Woman Driver
Desert Officer
Silver
Martha
Warehouse Man
Santiago
Directed By: Andrew Haigh
Written By: Andrew Haigh (Screenplay), Willy Vlautin (Novel)
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Matthew Brady-deleted-1534855046
/10 6 years ago
"I just miss him a lot. I miss him so much."
I've heard little things about this hidden gem and the great praise it got at festivals, but nothing else after that. So upon seeing this on the list of movies on a plane journey home, I gave it a try, and was instinctively blown away
Yo More
I've heard little things about this hidden gem and the great praise it got at festivals, but nothing else after that. So upon seeing this on the list of movies on a plane journey home, I gave it a try, and was instinctively blown away
Yo More
Stephen Campbell
6 years ago
**_Decent enough, but not a patch on Haigh's previous work_**
> _I feel everything I do is related to that sense of loneliness and that longing to not be alone. I think all of us spend most of our time feeling alone and we find ways to disguise our loneliness - whether it's relationships, a job More
> _I feel everything I do is related to that sense of loneliness and that longing to not be alone. I think all of us spend most of our time feeling alone and we find ways to disguise our loneliness - whether it's relationships, a job More
Bertaut
/10 3 years ago
Decent enough, but not a patch on Haigh's previous work
15-year-old Charley Thompson (Charlie Plummer) lives with his father, Ray (Travis Fimmel), who is drinking himself into an early grave. Finding work caring for an aging race horse named Lean on Pete, Charley is devastated when he learns that P More
15-year-old Charley Thompson (Charlie Plummer) lives with his father, Ray (Travis Fimmel), who is drinking himself into an early grave. Finding work caring for an aging race horse named Lean on Pete, Charley is devastated when he learns that P More
Bradym03
/10 4 years ago
"I just miss him a lot. I miss him so much."
I've heard little things about this hidden gem and the great praise it got at festivals, but nothing else after that. So upon seeing this on the list of movies on a plane journey home, I gave it a try, and was instinctively blown away
Yo More
I've heard little things about this hidden gem and the great praise it got at festivals, but nothing else after that. So upon seeing this on the list of movies on a plane journey home, I gave it a try, and was instinctively blown away
Yo More
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