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Lean on Pete is a 2017 British coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Andrew Haigh, based on the novel of the same name by Willy Vlautin. It stars Charlie Plummer, Chloë Sevigny, Travis Fimmel and Steve Buscemi, and follows a 15-year-old boy in the American Northwest, who begins to work at a stable and befriends a racehorse.
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I probably wouldn't have watched this at all if it hadn't been for the fact that Steve Buscemi hadn't been featured so prominently in the trailer but I am glad he was in the trailer because this is actually a pretty decent film. I immediately started to think about *Seabiscuit* but the only relationship that these two films have with one another is that they both have horses in it. Lean on Pete is more of a story ab…More
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My wife and I opted for an Indie movie last night. We had two to choose from. Diablo Cody's new film, *Tully* or the latest release from A24 (which produces consistently good cinema), *Lean on Pete*. We opted for the latter. It received better ratings on IMDb (7.4) and also features one of my favorite actors, Steve Buscemi. Sixteen-year-old Charley Thompson (Charlie Plummer) lives with his father, Ray (Travis Fimmel…More