Sisters Kelly (Michelle Trachtenberg) and Chris McClain (Yvonne Zima) have a comfortable well-off living in L. A. A mystery man kills their mom and lets Chris live. The girls go live with their cowboy father Charlie 'Mac' McClain (Peter Strauss) on a ranch for their safety. Their aunt Gayle Miller (Susan Hogan) wants to take them to Chicago. She never liked Mac. Susan Shaw (Mary McDonnell) is from Family Services.

This is "Inspired by a True Story". Inspired usually means close to fictional. It's a fine family film but it leaves the murder mystery unresolved. It seems like a giant hole in the middle of the movie. I kept waiting for the aunt to be the killer or the father to be accused. The aunt accusing the father would seem to be a good courtroom tatic to get custody. If the story could leave out the murder mystery, this would be a fine low intensity family film.

Viewing this film gets the city out of your mind. The rodeo skills and scenes looked real. You could almost smell the hay. Acting was overall a 4.5. This story apparently was based on real events, and it played as real. Kudos for the dad stepping up. All four main characters had to change, and through it came opportunity to grow. Yes I recommend this very family friendly movie. James Welch Henderson, Arkansas 1/28/2021

The absentee father get his daughters when their mother is shot. They never caught the shooter. At first daughters feel somewhat out of place. The turning point is when the horse gives birth, and their dad performs the delivery. The foal brings them together as a family. The father refuses to go back on the rodeo circuit, because he wants to father his daughters. They love each other. At the custody hearing the girls tell the judge they want to stay with their father, and he is granted full custody. Very well acted by all.