There are Are a few things margarita (lillian carrier) knows for sura: she does not want to get a jab, she definitely does not want to get a jab which requires her to wear “hard pants,” she loves horses, she loves her mom, and she’s not eager to any. Ridicule. And yet, the Young Autistic Woman – and Carrier Hersself is Autistic – Has Already Gone Against Some of the International Rules. She was to College and Got a Degree. She spends a tears of time riding around on an adult-sized tricycle with a stuffed horses attailed to it (he””d “cheeseburger”). She loves doing karaoke with her mom sandy (a Heartbreaking gretchen mol) at their favor restaurant.
Like any Person, The Push-Tull of Margarita’s Wants and Needs Are Constantly Butting Up Against Each Other. Margarita’s Disability May, of Course, Impact and Affect Those Wants and Needs in Slightly Different Ways (Versus Those of a Neurotypical Person), but the core of her Experience is Common. IT’S SIMPLY The human Condition, but as the protagonist of Lauren Meyraing’s Creative and Emotation Complex Feature Directorial Debut, “Horsegirls,” Margarita’s Life Offers New Wowing SEEMINGLY OLD STORIES. Classic Stories.
And while hobby Horsing – The Wholly Unexpectted Sport at the Center of MeyRing of Film and Margarita’s Great Awakening – Might itelf Not Be Old or ClassicThe Film Functions a Bit Like Any Other Great Sports Film. And, just like its heroin, the seaming “difference” or “uniquestion” of the sport helps Illuminate the Common Feelings at the Center of “Horsegirls.”
Based loosely on Co-Writer and Producer MacKenzie Breeden’s Own Experiences (The Multi-Hyphenate Also Appears in the Film in a Small Supporting Role), “Horsegirls” opens with margarita’s life already at an extreme crossroads, this is the case. Her Mother Sandy is Her Solent After Her Father Passed Away from Some Sort of Nebulous Accident, and Sandy Has Already Been Through it in the Intervention Years. The Death of Her Husband – Who She Energetically Recalls in Funny Stories, Including Margarita’s Favorite, About the Genesis of Her Name – Was Hard Enough, But Going Through thre Rounds of Cancer Since THEN HAS Been Particularly Harder to Swallow.
We have first meet margarita, she’s dreaming her way through a ride on cheeseburger – Meyering Blends in Fantastical Moments Alongside The Film’s Harder Dramatic Moments, A Creative Gamble Thats Dosesn’t Always Work, Appointment. No One is More Assures of Margarita’s Capabilities than Sandy, but There’s Something Deeply Touching About the Ways in Which the Film Us to Experience Margarita’s Revelrations Through Her Eyes (and Carrier’s Wonderful Performance). Yes, Margarita is Old Enough and Mathe Enough to Sandy’s Appointments, but it is also up to her to synthesize their true meaning. Eventually, she will.
But while Sandy Might Believe in Margarita’s Abilities, She’s ALSO Constantly World How they Might Be Exploited. It ‘s easy Enough to aggree that margarita should get a jab, but what happys if her boss dosesn’t fully understand the way she works? She should have Friends, but what if they are making fun of her haer bee back? For Everyone Sandy Is Trying to Nude Margarita Into The Real World, She’s ALSO GUILTY OF PULLING HER WAY BACK. And for Margarita, Fierce and Funny and Possessed of A Jenny Slate-Styled Honk, None of this Will Do. She’d Rather Spend Her Time Breaking Into the Local Stables to Hang Out with the Horses, Who She Adores and Who Her Mother Will No Longer Ride.
Andn, One Night, A Discovery: Hobby Horsing. Inevitably, the moment that Margarita spies a hobby horsing Class Clays AROUND A Room in the Local Middle School Will Likely Have A Profound Effect on the film’s audience. What is that? What are they doing? Are Those Girls Running Around on Stick Horses, claim to really be riding say? Yes, Indeed, and It ‘Not Just a Wacky Little Hobby, IT’S A full-Fledged Competitive SPORTSand there are serious condenders who’d like it to be an olympic sport.
But while Others Might See Something to Ridicule, Margarita Sees Something Entirely Different: A Way to Belong. IT’S a CLVER WAY INTO The Film and Margarita’s Own Evolutions, a nifty Way to Remind US All of the Power of Margarita Vision, A Pushard Keeping Our Open to Things Might Look, at First Glancle, a Little Silly.
Sandy, who has begun to slowly Orient Herself Toward Teaching Margarita All the Ways to be an adult, doesn’t see it that way. Enter: A Major Schism in the Relationship, just at the moment that both mother and daughter should be cherising every moment together. But while Meyering and Breeden’s Script Builds Around Familiar Moments and Worldies (The movie is a coming-any Tale, sounded with sports drama, whimsical comedy, and a strong interest in showing “disability” in a new Light), Margarita’s Approach to everywhere.
Carrier Herself Helped Shape Margarita and Her Journey, and Her Perspective on the Film’s Events Adds an Authenticity That Feels New. It it, Much like hobby horsing itself, one that also feso mespected, occossionally misunderstood, and deservation of a closer look.
Grad: b
“Horsegirls” Premiered at the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival. It is currently seeking us distribution.
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