This movie took a dark turner quickly, wasn't really expecting that, I was waiting for a family kind of adventurism coming of age movie, however, it's still a stirring and heartful movie. Lean on Pete is a film that tackles the world through the idealism of a boy and the realism of the adults around him with the horse representing the perception of things from each side as Charlie gets quickly attached to it and adults trying to get rid of it, I love how it represented hope and shelter for a kid with an uncertain future. as a whole, it's a very touching film even if I can reproach him the slow pace and rhythm