I am reviewing the animated movie Spirit which is a very good family film. I think this film should appeal most to people who are involved with horses in some way as the theme of the film is horses. It's set at the time of the war between the American Indians and the other Americans which is mostly the cavalry. The main character is a wild horse who lives with a herd. Initially he is captured by cowboys who sell him to the cavalry who try to break him but he befriends a captured Native American and they both escape. I think this film contrasts the rather cruel methods used by the cavalry to break horses with the methods used by the American Indians which seem almost like animal psychology. An example of this is when you greet a horse you look him up and down which of course is what horses do. Anyway the American Indian has a young mare and the key character is really attracted to her even though he longs to back in the wild. He is recaptured by the cavalry who put him to work helping drag a steam locomotive and of course this results in chaos. He gets reunited with the young mare and there is a happy ending naturally. It's quite funny when the cavalry are trying to break him especially when things happen like someone falling off him and being chased by him. It's quite an enjoyable movie. Matt Damon provides the voice of the American Indian & John Cromwell provides it for the cruel colonel. Both are great in their roles. I think nowadays there is a lot more emphasis on using psychology with animals & I know when I bought a dog, someone suggested I get a book on dog psychology and it was a great help.