Obviously being set in the modern day there are differences from the book, but that means that it's not just another remake. It's not the most factual when it comes to horses, but it doesn't need to be, it holds it's own as a horse movie. The biggest problem I had was the unnecessary forced romantic subplot, it would have been a good movie on it's own without the romance. It wasn't the best movie ever, but it was pretty good and a cute family movie.