迈克尔·舍夫林

改编自真人真事的励志电影，描述二十年代的乡下少女索诺娜，她热衷于骑马，成为一名出色的驯马师，于是离开家庭，加入了一个巡回表演的马戏团。在那里她学到了精湛的骑马技术，甚至可以表演从四十尺高台上策马跳下大水槽的惊人特技。导演史蒂夫．迈纳将这部励志小品拍得相当流畅动人，亦表现出年轻人的坚持和勇气。女主角加布里埃尔．安瓦尔个性鲜明演技自然，后来主演了名片《女人香》。老牌影克利夫．罗伯逊则饰演马戏团团长。

Samantha's life is going downhill fast. The fifteen-year-old has a crush on the most popular boy in school, and the geekiest boy in school has a crush on her. Her sister's getting married, and with all the excitement the rest of her family forgets her birthday! Add all this to a pair of horrendously embarrassing grandparents, a foreign exchange student named Long Duc Dong, and ...