Le ranch du bonheur

The Lawrence Brothers are really good when it comes to comedy. Joey has come a long way since Blossom. He plays a real snobby rich jerk that eventually is forced to face the hard realities of life. His brother Andy is great as his cousin in this film. It is an emotionally good film and I hope Disney will get busy and release it on video and DVD.

Very good performances by Andy and Matt! Andy is a little cowboy who is about ready to lose his ranch, his cousin Michael (joey) is forced to help out there by his parents, and winds up saving the day! My advice is to definately watch this movie if it is ever on Disney.

Disney "original" films, which almost always feature wise-cracking kids controlling their own type of fantasy world, are almost always ludicrous.

However, Horse Sense, though not a great film altogether, is probably the best of the bunch (being Disney "Originals") because it offers a fairly interesting, though predictable story with an all too emotionally controlling ending. However, it's for the kids, which is why I give it 2.5/5 stars-

JOHN ULMER

A spoiled boy (Joey Lawrence) spends the summer at his cousin's (Andrew Lawrence) ranch and learns a valuable lesson about love and loyalty.

How cute, currently cliché, but at the time there were great teachings about valuing family and love for nature and the simple and essential things in life, very cute, from that "Afternoon Session" full of tenderness and affection that we love, simple production , but efficient, beautiful countryside images, impeccable photography, funny script, educational message, perfect and cute... Ownt, my surprise to learn that the protagonists are brothers, natural and spontaneous chemistry, what a dengo...

This is one of the hardest films to view or get a hold of from the Disney library. It's not officially available on dvd, and the VHS is hard to come by nowadays. However, its sequel, Jumping Ship is available on DVD and is more readily available to be viewed.

Back in the early 2000s, the Lawrence brothers, Andy and Joey, were very popular; Joey was a heartthrob and Andy voiced TJ on Recess. The two brothers play cousins in the film, one from the Midwest and the other from the west coast. The movie reminded me of how different my own cousin and I are, both economically and socially. The same is probably true for many Americans.

The only part of the movie I find hard to believe is that the rich aunt and uncle would send their pampered son to the other cousin's ranch as punishment. For one thing, sending him to help family shouldn't be a punishment, but rather a learning experience. The movie is rewarding, in that it does show what love, family and hard work can offer.