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Ride Like a Girl
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What will be concerning to some parents is the film’s long second act dealing with Michelle’s attempts to rapidly and recklessly bring her weight down to 50 kg to ride a particular race. We see Palmer starving herself, push herself physically, and even wrap herself in plastic and go driving in a car with the heat turned up through the night. This is not presented as dangerous but simply as par for the course and when she weighs in at 50kg, a triumph. It’s astonishing that the film goes there with this clearly unhealthy behaviour; TabCorp - the horse racing gambling establishment - and the Victorian Racing Authority were major supporters of the film, so make of that what you will. Needless to say, you don’t see any horses being mistreated, let alone fatally shot on the track; if, inherently, you cannot stomach the horse racing industry, clearly you are not going to want to see this film, which passionately adores the practice. I have put aside my own disagreements with the industry for the sake of this review.
What will be concerning to some parents is the film’s long second act dealing with Michelle’s attempts to rapidly and recklessly bring her weight down to 50 kg to ride a particular race. We see Palmer starving herself, push herself physically, and even wrap herself in plastic and go driving in a car with the heat turned up through the night. This is not presented as dangerous but simply as par for the course and when she weighs in at 50kg, a triumph. It’s astonishing that the film goes there with this clearly unhealthy behaviour; TabCorp - the horse racing gambling establishment - and the Victorian Racing Authority were major supporters of the film, so make of that what you will. Needless to say, you don’t see any horses being mistreated, let alone fatally shot on the track; if, inherently, you cannot stomach the horse racing industry, clearly you are not going to want to see this film, which passionately adores the practice. I have put aside my own disagreements with the industry for the sake of this review.
Actors:
Anne Phelan,
Shane Bourne,
Judy Johnson,
Stevie Payne,
Sam Neill,
Tony Rickards,
Zara Zoe,
Stephen Cahill,
Bruce McAvaney,
Veronica Thomas,
Tony Davie,
...»
Anne Phelan
2 August 1948, Australia
Shane Bourne
24 November 1949, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Judy Johnson
Stevie Payne
Sam Neill
14 September 1947, Omagh, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland, UK
Tony Rickards
Zara Zoe
Stephen Cahill
Bruce McAvaney
22 June 1953, Ferryden Park, South Australia, Australia
Veronica Thomas
Tony Davie
Director:
Rachel Griffiths
Country:
Australia
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