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Set in the Great Depression, after their parents' deaths, Sonora and her younger sister are sent to live with an aunt. Sonora's stubborn nature and pride get her into enough trouble that her aunt decides that she can't handle the responsibility of raising her any longer and plans to give custody of her niece to the state. Sonora runs away and finds Dr. Carver and his diving horse show that she read about in the paper, determined to join the show and, one day, be a diving girl, herself. Based on a true story. I loved this movie as a kid and I still love it as an adult. Definitely one of Disney's better movies.
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Interesting true tale of a young girl struggling to grow up. The story follows Sonora during the Depression era. An orphan, her aunt is about to turn her over to the state when she decides to run away and join the circus instead. Her dream is to become a "diving girl." The stunt she eventually gets trained to do involves jumping of a high platform on horseback into a pool of water. Sonora is stubborn, but eventually grows up falls in love, and learns to face a tragedy in her life head on. Overall a fascinating story. On the more technical side the acting was weak in places, however a younger audience would not notice the slightly exaggerated acting. I found my film class of 13 year olds were quite disturbed by the age difference between Sonora (perhaps 14 or 15) and her love Al (20s).Read full review
This is one of my favorite movies of all time. I used to watch it as a kid but I've gotten even more out of it as an adult. The characters are believable and you end up falling in love with all of them. I especially love that is based on a true story and all the main characters were real people. Go ahead and buy it! You'll be so happy you did:-)
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I always loved this movie. Plot was cute. Apparently didn’t do too well bc it branches far from the real history of Sonora Webster. But sweet story and fun movie
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I've watched and re-watched this movie many times since I was a kid, yet I never get tired of it. The story engages you from the get-go, and the actors and their chemistry are all top-notch.
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