Once upon a time, Bridget (Eva Igo) was a championship horse show rider, but then she has had a terrible accident that has left her limping to this day. She tries to tell herself everything's quite ok though, even if her addiction to painkillers says otherwise. However, spending the year away from home in college has at least given her plenty to concern herself with and little to remind her of her days as a horserider. But in summer she returns home, to see her former coach Jimmy (Tom Vera) train another girl, Jodie (Alexis Arnold), in whom Bridget just sees too much of herself. On top of that, Bridget's wealthy parents (Ursula Boutwell, Jeff Brody) are on the verge of losing everything, including Bridget's beloved horse, and her sort-of boyfriend Dylan (Ethan Rhoad) can't deal with her painkiller addiction - which drives her to a state of despair that's almost sure to end in self harm ...

One thing's for sure, If I Could Ride Again is a very likeable movie, it's rather beautifully filmed, it's full of relatable characters with relatable issues embodied by a very competent cast, and it doesn't try too hard to drrive whatever message home. At the same time though, this film just seems too want too much, it just features too many loosely connected subplots, too many character arcs for its less than 100 minutes of running time, and for that seems to meander a bit instead of being concise, and the insistance to end all of the subplots on a happy note feels a bit too much. Still, if feel-good movies are your thing, this is a pretty good watch.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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