is wild hearts cant be broken a true story?

There was something distracting about his make-up that made him seem phony, but his performance was good. Robertson seemed perfect for the aging Barnum-type showman and I enjoyed his performance. Her attempts and frustration were staged to the point of being tedious to watch. This was especially true when she was learning to mount a moving horse. Her determination and drive seemed natural at times but also seemed contrived and forced. It doesn't.Īnwar was decent as Sanora, but not entirely convincing. A film like this should tug at the heartstrings. It wasn't quite documentary, but it felt oddly sterile. I never really felt engaged with the events I was watching. But somehow there was a disconnect between the characters and the audience. It was like old-school Disney without emotion. The story tries to be heartwarming, but never really connected. Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken skirts the sappy sweet stuff for a rather generic story based on true events. Sanora relies on her fearlessness and drive to overcome her disability and continue her career.

With an unbending will (and some lucky breaks) Sanora weasels her way into the show resulting in a freak accident. Although she wants to do a horse diving act, she is relegated to shoveling manure. Sanora exerts her willfulness to convince the showman, Doctor Carver (Cliff Robertson) to give her a job. Faced with the prospect of state custody, Sanora packs her belongings and heads off to the circus. Unable to control the ambitious stubborn teenager, Aunt Helen advises Sanora that she will be turned over to the State where she will be placed in a foster home. She moved in with her aunt after her parents died, but never quite seemed capable of fitting in. Sanora Webster (Gabrielle Anwar) lives with her Aunt Helen (Lisa Norman). To be fair, the SPCA checked on the act at the time and never found any incidents of cruelty. But I do have problems with jumping a horse forty feet off a ramp into a swimming pool. When this film was made in 1992, attitudes toward this type of entertainment were probably less sensitive toward the animal's perspective. But I don't enjoy watching animals suffer abuse. I like animals, but I also eat them (if they taste good). It was simple, sweet, predictable and a tinge insane. I'm not sure what to think about Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken.

Is wild hearts cant be broken a true story?