"There are lots of messages (in this movie) and all ages will pick up a different message," explained Dakota. "One of the main messages is that everybody has a dream and everybody has goals. What I liked about the title Dreamer is that every single person (even the bad guy) has a dream - Even the horse (Soñador – which means dreamer in Spanish) has a dream. That makes you realize even more that every person that you see has a vision of what they want to be."
"My character dreams of being around horses with her father, to see her horse, Soñador, race to victory, and most of all, to help her family," described Dakota. Cale's dreams turn into an unwavering faith in Soñador. It's that faith that causes her father (with a little encouragement by his wife and support from his Pop) to ignore his better judgment and put everything he has into rehabilitating the injured filly.
Each member of the Crane family has his or her own reasons for wanting to help Soñador. Ben sees it as a chance to put his family back on their feet financially. Pop sees it as an opportunity to reach out to his son. Cale, who adores her father, wants desperately to be a part of his world. Even Soñador shows an unbreakable spirit in coming back from an injury that should have ended her racing career and might even have taken her life.
And it was Cale who indirectly helped turn those fantasies into realities by inspiring the people around her to see that there are things worth fighting for. When the film ended, all those lives that seemed to be broken when the movie started suddenly became whole again.
There on the silver screen is a movie overflowing with messages directed at everyone in the audience and the road to fulfilling the dreams will touch the hearts and souls of every member of any family. This is one movie you won't mind joining your kids for. At times it will bring a tear to your eye or a lump in your throat but in the end it will give you a feeling of hope and belief in the realization that sometimes dreams really do come true!
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