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Fresh Horses

April 13, 2009 By Jamie 1 Comment


Fresh Horses
Fresh Horses
One of the last 80’s Brat Pack movies and probably the only one I’ve not bothered to watch more than once. It reminds me of a version of Pretty In Pink that is trying to be too cool for its own good.

Fresh Horses is the story of Matt Larkin, a college student that falls for a younger, married and less educated girl. He wants to get out of his engagement and she wants to get away from an abusive husband.

I didn’t really understand large parts of the film and the only thing that kept my mind from wandering was the performance of Molly Ringwald. She seems to somehow look especially beautiful and captivating here even though you want to give her character a good shake. Andrew McCarthy’s character as well as his performance in Fresh Horses aren’t up to much.

This is probably the only Brat Pack movie that left me feeling a bit confused and with the feeling that it was all a bit pointless. There is something I like about it but I can’t quite work out what, maybe it’s Ben Stiller looking like very young and very gay.

If you fancy a Ringwald and McCarthy fest, stick to Pretty In Pink.

Brat Pack Rating

Fresh Horses is by no means my favourite Brat Pack flick and deserves no more than a 5 out of 10.

Characters in Fresh Horses

Jewel – Played by Molly Ringwald

Matt Larkin – Played by Andrew McCarthy

Fresh Horses Trivia

Look out for a young Ben Stiller as well as Viggo Mortensen.

One of the few PG-13 rated movies that allowed the use of the word “fuck” more than one time and still maintain its rating. Neither use was in a sexual connotation.

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Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: andrew mccarthy, fresh horses, molly ringwald

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  1. SuperficialGal says

    June 13, 2009 at 11:07 pm

    I remember seeing this in theaters, actually I remember watching half of it and leaving in the middle. By far my favorite Molly Ringwald movie was “The Stand”

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