Concrete Cowboy (2021)

Detroit teen is on the wrong path, so his mother ships him off to Philly to stay with his father. His dad's a garbageman, but his real passion is the neighborhood stable which is in danger of losing its lease. Will the kid also find a love for horses and stop running with the wrong crowd? You get just one guess...

The fact that this story is rooted in the fact -- these stables really do exist and are really being closed down by developers -- gives it a bit of a bump. But the truth is that it's pretty heavy-handed and a little lazy. The son "bonds" with a horse who'd sooner buck you to death than nuzzle you and he comes to work in his brand new Jordans -- which he doesn't change when he learns the work is mucking stalls. Just lazy writing.

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