
Sixteen mustangs, four men, one dream: to ride border to border, Mexico to Canada, up the spine of the American West. The documentary tracks four fresh-out-of-college buddies as they take on wild mustangs to be their trusted mounts, and set out on the adventure of a lifetime. Their wildness of spirit, in both man and horse, is quickly dwarfed by the wilderness they must navigate: a 3000-mile gauntlet that is equally indescribable and unforgiving.... (Full plot summary below)
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Sixteen mustangs, four men, one dream: to ride border to border, Mexico to Canada, up the spine of the American West. The documentary tracks four fresh-out-of-college buddies as they take on wild mustangs to be their trusted mounts, and set out on the adventure of a lifetime. Their wildness of spirit, in both man and horse, is quickly dwarfed by the wilderness they must navigate: a 3000-mile gauntlet that is equally indescribable and unforgiving.
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| Film Journal InternationalChris Barsanti[A] sumptuously packaged and goofily charming oddball feature-length advocacy advertisement about America's wild-horse overpopulation crisis. |
| Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenIt's a film with a cause, but it's also brimming with drama in the midst of jaw-dropping landscapes. |
| Empire MagazinePatrick PetersHas its moments of spectacle and danger, but offers too few genuine insights or rite-of-passage epiphanies. |
| Time OutTom HuddlestonGreater conflict (or simply more probing interviews) might have made for a more gripping movie. But what’s here will delight anyone who dreams of living free, sleeping rough and scoffing beans around the campfire. |
| GuardianPeter BradshawWe get to see some beautiful country along the way, and there's some pertinent thinking on the levels of intervention needed in managing America's wild horse population. |
| Times (UK)Kate MuirThe lads are daringly bonkers, and their horses are suicidally brave -- or misguided. |
| Independent (UK)Geoffrey MacnabThe film has plenty of magnificently shot footage of the horses galloping across the landscapes. |
| Eye for FilmAmber WilkinsonThe end result is part buddy trail-trip mosey and part factual gallop. |
| New York TimesDaniel M. GoldWhat lingers, though, are stirring vistas of the backcountry West, and admiration — for the Aggies’ achievement, Mr. Masters’s imagination and Mr. Baribeau’s skill in chronicling it all. |
| Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckAn engrossing real-life adventure that brings much-needed attention to an important environmental issue. |