The Horse Boy

Summary: A writer documents the journey his family takes to Mongolia to consult with nomadic shamans on the healing of their autistic son.

Release Date: November 18, 2011

Genre: Documentary

Director: Michel Orion Scott

Runtime: 1 h 33 min

MPAA: Unrated

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 160,000

Domestic: $ 156,612

Box office:

Budget:$160KDomestic:$156.6KWorldwide:$156.6K

The average Metacritic score is 64%.

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64/100

38%25%

38% of the Stars & Main Cast are Female.

25% of the Stars & Main Cast are "diverse."

White75%Latino25%

1.10

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Message4/5
Role model4/5
Violence2/5
Sex1/5
Language4/5
Drugs1/5

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Race	White	Asian	Total	Visuals	Info
Kairos	4	1	5		A third party facial recognition software company we used to maintain objectivity. Upload images to the facial recognition demo page to check the veracity of our data set. Or use their API and do a bulk peer review if you'd like. Source: https://www.kairos.com/demos
Surname	2		2		A third party free program that uses US Census data to create an algorithm that analyzes surnames and guesses what ethnicity the person is. Obviously there are issues with this data set such as African Americans who have the last names of their ancestors' slave owner. However, when no other data set is available, this can give a rough estimate and expand the data pool for the less important cast members with no IMDb or TMDb image. Please consider downloading their source code via GitHub to verify the accuracy of our data set, and to peer review our conclusions. Source: https://pypi.org/project/ethnicolr/
Forebears	1		1
Total	7	1	8
Cast Percentages	87.5%	12.5%	100%	{"name":"Cast Percentages","series":[{"name":"White","y":87.5,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":12.5,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":""}
U.S. Population (2010) Percentage	63.7%	5.61%		{"name":"U.S. Population (2010)","series":[{"name":"White","y":63.7,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Arab","y":0.55,"color":"#DF5353"},{"name":"Asian","y":5.61,"color":"#90ee7e"},{"name":"Black","y":12.6,"color":"#f45b5b"},{"name":"Indian","y":0.92,"color":"#7798BF"},{"name":"Indigenous","y":0.9,"color":"#aaeeee"},{"name":"Latino","y":16.3,"color":"#eeaaee"},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":4.56,"color":"#55BF3B"},{"name":"Jewish","y":1.71,"color":"#ff0066"}],"prefix":""}	Source: US Census (Note: Racial and ethnic categories overlap so the sum will not equal 100%.)
U.S. Population (2010) Representation	+23.8	+6.89		{"name":"U.S. Population (2010)","series":[["White",63.7],["Asian",5.61]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":87.5,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Asian","y":12.5,"color":"#90ee7e"}]}
U.S. Buying Power (2010) Percentage	77.06%	4.93%		{"name":"U.S. Buying Power (2010)","series":[{"name":"White","y":9431400000000,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":0,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":603500000000,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":961200000000,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":0,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":82500000000,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":1018000000000,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":143100000000,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":0,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":"$"}	Source: Selig Center, University of Georgia
U.S. Buying Power (2010) Representation	+10.44	+7.57		{"name":"U.S. Buying Power (2010)","series":[["White",77.06],["Asian",4.93]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":87.5,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Asian","y":12.5,"color":"#90ee7e"}]}
U.S. Average Individual Income (2018) Percentage	71.15%	6.95%		{"name":"U.S. Average Individual Income (2018)","series":[{"name":"White","y":11951648546571,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":0,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":1167575046537,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":1591592669815,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":0,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":121160969070,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":1374819228748,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":591945348131,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":0,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":"$"}	Source: IPUMS-CPS, University of Minnesota
U.S. Average Individual Income (2018) Representation	+16.35	+5.55		{"name":"U.S. Average Individual Income (2018)","series":[["White",71.15],["Asian",6.95]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":87.5,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Asian","y":12.5,"color":"#90ee7e"}]}
World population (2007) Percentage	15.53%	33.13%		{"name":"World population (2007) ","series":[{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":12338721324,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":38122017455,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":9214330072,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"White","y":103255750927,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":82249533677,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":220324384465,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":53380310758,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":143813838260,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":2242754357,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":""}	NOTE: ZR is the first organization to ever create a global buying power divided by race. Essentially we just took data from CIA.gov FactBook, UN Population Estimates, and The World Bank's Population Estimates / Purchasing Power Parity Per Capita.
World population (2007) Representation	+71.97	-20.63		{"name":"World population (2007) ","series":[["White",15.53],["Asian",33.13]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":87.5,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Asian","y":12.5,"color":"#90ee7e"}]}
World Buying Power Percentage	36.48%	29.46%		{"name":"World Buying Power","series":[{"name":"White","y":3010602822170000,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":771525888400000,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":91700962050000,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":526264226360000,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":174285727610000,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":148984454560000,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":526400066100000,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":2431392083750000,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":572687873900000,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":"$"}	NOTE: ZR is the first organization to ever create a global buying power divided by race. Essentially we just took data from CIA.gov FactBook, UN Population Estimates, and The World Bank's Population Estimates / Purchasing Power Parity Per Capita.
World Buying Power Representation	+51.02	-16.96		{"name":"World Buying Power","series":[["White",36.48],["Asian",29.46]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":87.5,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Asian","y":12.5,"color":"#90ee7e"}]}
Notes		The US Census considers Pakistani, Sri Lankan, Indian, and Bangladeshi as Asians. At ZR we group Pakistanis with the Arab world. And we group Sri Lankan and Bangladeshi with India because 1.) they are all genetically similar as "South Asians and 2.) there are only a handful of actors from those regions in our database. However, you are viewing the "Asian Alone" category from the US Census when comparing it with Domestic representation. Also note that the 2000 and 2010 estimates include MultiRacial Asians not just "Asian Alone" estimates, and in some categories they include Native Hawaiians as "Asian." So there is a margin of error less than 1% and some inconsistencies with the grouping.

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This film gets a 1.1/5 family friendly score

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Message 4/5	This film shows kids what it's like to live with someone with autism and familiarizes them with the condition's challenges. Themes include: stepping outside one's comfort zone; taking risks; the importance of tolerance and love; and the value of animals.
Role model 4/5	These parents will do anything to help their child with autism, including travel to an unfamiliar country to undergo unusual treatment. Though they question their decision, especially when the process is difficult, they persevere, and ultimately see results and learn to love their son for who he is. The parents eventually go on to found The Horse Boy Foundation, which makes horses and nature available to other children, autistic and typical, who might otherwise not have access to them.
Violence 2/5	Adults are whipped by a shaman and told they can't scream or make any sounds. During a breakfast, the choices are the lung, liver, and heart of an animal. Animal carcasses are visible in one scene.
Sex 1/5	The mother is told that she has to wash the area where her son came out. When she does this, she faces away from the camera and her behind is blurred.
Language 4/5	The father has a tendency to swear whenever his son -- who isn't toilet-trained -- has an accident. He says "Jesus Christ" a couple of times, "butt-f--ker," "f--ked up," "motherf----r of a poo," "and s--ting his pants" to express his frustration.
Drugs 1/5	Shaman smokes cigarette.

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