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Buck
Directed by
Cindy Meehl
PG
2011
89m
Documentary
7.6
90%
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An examination of the life of acclaimed 'horse whisperer' Buck Brannaman, who recovered from years of child abuse to become a well-known expert in the interactions between horses and people.
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Cast of Buck
Buck Brannaman
Self
Robert Redford
Self
Cindy Meehl
Director
Julie Goldman
Producer
Buck Ratings & Reviews
Mister Arn
May 16, 2025
A well-made documentary about a man with a passion for horses.
Film Comment Magazine
Chris Norris
Meehl roots this redemption tale in carefully observed demonstrations at his clinics, even as the gorgeously shot landscape reminds us why stories like this are Hollywood's very lifeblood
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
The result is a portrait that expertly mirrors its subject: Buck is shaped with the same economy, restraint, and unfussiness as the man, to unexpectedly inspiring effect.
MovieFreak.com
Sara Michelle Fetters
Transcendent, emotional, moving, informative and ethereal, this surprisingly tough-minded look at a man and his life's work is a wonderful excursion that says just as much about the viewer as it does about the figure at the center of it all.
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
Meehl's documentary features plenty of interviews with cowboys and ranch hands who've had their lives changed by Brannaman, but it lacks the literary or cinematic magic of either version of The Horse Whisperer.
NPR
David Edelstein
It's well and good to hear Buck and others tell his story, but the film wouldn't come to much if you didn't feel the connection between his present and past in every frame.
Washington Post
John DeFore
You don't have to be a horse nut to fall for "Buck," one of those rare documentaries whose subject is so inherently fascinating that a fictional character could hardly compete.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Joe Williams
Beautifully but simply wrought by director Cindy Meehl, this deft documentary is a poignant reappraisal of what it means to be human.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
Documentaries have a wonderful way of making us care about people and things way outside our own experience, and "Buck" is a prime example.
Seattle Times
Tom Keogh
Never has the special relationship between people and horses appeared more magnificent and even lyrical on film than in "Buck."
Philadelphia Inquirer
David Hiltbrand
Brannaman is a fascinating character, but Buck is so tightly focused that only avid horse lovers will find it appealing.
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
The man's mythology precedes him, and it's the movie's failing that we don't understand how or whether he uses that mythology because he knows it's good business.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
What I was left with was the goodness of Buck Brannaman as a man.
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Leonard Maltin
Some years ago, Robert Redford made an excellent movie called The Horse Whisperer, based on Nicholas Evans' novel. It turns out that a horseman named Buck Brannaman helped inspire Evans to create the character that Redford played; he even...
TIME Magazine
Mary F. Pols
Buck has the air of a beautiful little mystery; even knowing the uplifting outcome, you wonder at the strength that brought him to this place.
Salon.com
Andrew O'Hehir
A haunting, beautifully told tale about a genuine American original, who survived a childhood of violent abuse to become a leading figure in new-school horse training.
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
It celebrates a communion between man and animal that runs deeper than any division.
New York Post
V.A. Musetto
I don't know why, but I just can't get all worked up over Dan (Buck) Brannaman, subject of the documentary "Buck."
Los Angeles Times
Betsy Sharkey
What a relief in times saturated with news of the worst of humanity to see something of the best.
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
It keeps you fascinated, even enthralled; elicits astonishment, even wonderment, and makes you grateful for the chance to meet someone remarkable.
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