Inspirational, feel-good, pro-active, holistic goodness simply fires out of The Horse Boy ( Zeitgeist Films ) like jets of super-soaker tear-water, as it is a documentary made by an autistic boy’s parents about their strenuous, globetrotting attempt at find a mystical “cure.” Who could be cynical? The patience and fortitude at work in the lives of Brit journalist Rupert Isaacson and psych prof Kristin Neff as they handle their gorgeous but seriously impaired son Rowan is redoubtable, and once Rowan communes with a horse and Isaacson indulges in fond memories of shamanistic cures he witnessed in Africa, one can hardly blame the family for packing the kid up and taking him to the one spot on the globe where horses and shamanism traditionally entwine: Mongolia.
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The Horse Boy on DVD: All You Need Is Love, with Yak Yogurt
