By Dawn's Early Light

TV Movie
2001
1h 40m

IMDb RATING

6.8/10

496

YOUR RATING

Comedy Drama

A spoiled L.A. teenager learns important life lessons when he is sent to visit his cowboy grandfather in Colorado during the summer.A spoiled L.A. teenager learns important life lessons when he is sent to visit his cowboy grandfather in Colorado during the summer.A spoiled L.A. teenager learns important life lessons when he is sent to visit his cowboy grandfather in Colorado during the summer.

Director
- Arthur Allan Seidelman
Writers
- Jacqueline Feather
- David Seidler
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IMDb RATING

6.8/10

496

YOUR RATING

Director
- Arthur Allan Seidelman
Writers
- Jacqueline Feather
- David Seidler
Stars

9User reviews

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Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination

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Trivia
The police vehicle near the ending cuts off the horse and rider. This is illegal as a horse can get clipped (and injury to their leg) from being cut off from a vehicle.

Goofs
When the boy's mother enters his bedroom, he closes down a window on his computer, leaving the screen showing the usual blue-ish background in certain shots. In the long-distance shots from across the other side of the bedroom, the monitor is no longer on, then in another close-up the monitor still shows the blue background.

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Featured review

8/10

Good Watch, regardless of what there is to watch.

This movie definitely exceeded my expectations...

Although it was made in 2000, it had a sense of the past in it. It was a really touching movie left me with tears in the end. I'm not ashamed to say it was really moving and inspiring. This movie is for all the people who do in fact feel like they've never achieved anything. And even more so, it's about family and how important they will be to you in your life-- it's about respecting those around you,especially your family.

It's about becoming a man-- for all the boys.

It's about accepting responsibility and being grateful for what you have.

It's about being honest.

Never have I seen a movie like this, because admittedly I'm not a big fan of cowboy movies-- and now I am! However, as good as the movie was, it did have its flaws. Throughout the movie, there were really short scenes not quite elaborating on events taking part outside this journey with Mike and Ben- such as with Mikes' parents.

If these scenes were elaborated on, perhaps this movie could've been better, although longer.

All in all, a terrific watch.

I'm glad I took a day off Uni :D