Against Ben's advice, the avaricious Palmer (David Morse), decides to run her. One day, Ben is getting his prize filly, Sonador, ready for a big race. He doesn't visit much because he and his son aren't on the best of terms.
Next door to the Cranes lives Ben's curmudgeon of a father (Kris Kristofferson). Their precocious daughter, Cale (Dakota Fanning), loves horses almost as much as she does her mother and father. His wife, Lily (Elisabeth Shue), is a part-time waitress at a local diner. Ben (Kurt Russell) is the dad - he owns the only horse farm in Kentucky without any horses and makes his living training thoroughbreds to win races. The story, which plays like a juvenile Seabiscuit or a less cartoonish Racing Stripes (the animals don't talk in this one), introduces us to the Crane family. That's what Dreamer offers - the assurance that anything bad that happens to the characters will be temporary and there will be a happily-ever-after, fairytale ending. Children enjoy watching their favorite films repeatedly, since there's comfort in the known. From the first frame, you will know not only how the movie is going to end, but roughly the path it's going to take to get there. It offers the simple black-and-whites of innocence, with no grays to add complexity. The answer to that question likely depends on your age. Ultimately, the question is not whether Dreamer is "true" but whether it's entertaining. In fact, very little of what happens in Dreamer bears a relationship to something that happened in real life, so the "true story" part of the equation is a red herring.
The word "inspired" allows a lot of creative license. The film's official name is Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story. While many movies claim to be based on true stories, Dreamer takes it one step further.
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