Fresh Horses (1988)

Director:

David Anspaugh

Writer (WGA):

Larry Ketron (screenplay)

Release Date:

18 November 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Love doesn't have to last a lifetime.

Plot:

A Cincinnati college student breaks off his engagement to his wealthy fiancée after he falls in love...

Plot Keywords:

Engagement | Fiancee | Melancholy | Passion | Secret

Cast

Molly Ringwald	...	Jewel
Andrew McCarthy	...	Matt Larkin
Patti D'Arbanville	...	Jean
Ben Stiller	...	Tipton
Leon Russom	...	Kyle Larkin
Molly Hagan	...	Ellen
Viggo Mortensen	...	Green
Doug Hutchison	...	Sproles
Chiara Peacock	...	Alice
Marita Geraghty	...	Maureen
Rachel Jones	...	Babe
Welker White	...	Christy
Christy Budig	...	Laurel
Larry Ketron	...	Roy
Ken Strunk	...	Dr. Lippincutt

Also Known As:

Fresh Horses (UK)

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:12 | West Germany:12 | Spain:13 | Finland:K-11 (original rating) | France:U | Netherlands:6 | Australia:M | Finland:K-10 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Alexandria, Kentucky, USA

Company:

Weintraub Entertainment Group

Trivia:

One of the few PG-13 rated movies that allowed the use of the word "fuck" more than one time and still maintain its rating. Neither use was in a sexual connotation.

Quotes:

Jewel: Yeah, I'm going alright, but I'm going by myself! Don't talk about me, don't even think about me, just do me that favour. You don't want me, I'm used, I'm worn out, I'm bad goods, you can't trust me. Why don't I just go to hell?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Psych: Murder?... Anyone?... Anyone?... Bueller? (#3.2)" (2008)

Soundtrack:

Moonlight Waltz

"I believed in you, Jewel."

Near the end of the movie, I was expecting (whether I knew it or not), that Andrew McCarthy would say: "I believed in you, Jewel." And it'd end happily, in a parking lot, with some rain and bad music.

But, as it was, it basically ended how any cheap movie ends, with some bad music, and the guy not getting the girl.

I didn't find the performances from McCarthy and Ringwald to be particularly wonderful, or compelling.

It was predictable. And slightly cheesy.

It was shot wonderfully, though. I thought the landscaping, and the way Ringwald and McCarthy looked against it, was gorgeous. I also enjoyed Viggo Mortensen's performance, short as it was. And I got a laugh out of the young Ben Stiller.

It wasn't awful, but, it wasn't great, either. Worth watching a least once, when you have nothing better to do.