Fifteen-year-old Charley gets a job helping a racehorse owner and quickly befriends the ageing racehorse Lean on Pete. When the horse faces slaughter, Charley makes a desperate decision: to escape ...

The film follows fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson. He wants a home, food on the table and a high school he can attend for more than part of the year. As the son of a single father working in ...

At one point in “Lean on Pete,” its adolescent hero, Charley, leans so close into a mirror that you can see — really see — just how excruciatingly young he is. For the most part, director Andrew Haigh ...

From acclaimed filmmaker Andrew Haigh (Weekend; 45 Years), and based on the beloved novel by Willy Vlautin, comes LEAN ON PETE a deeply moving story about love, loneliness, family, and friendship, ...

Andrew Haigh, director of the superb new film “Lean on Pete,” isn’t all that into the horse-movie genre. He’s not a big fan of “The Black Stallion” or “Black Beauty,” to say nothing of “Flicka” or ...

A young boy embarks on a perilous journey in search of his long-lost aunt and a possible home, his only companion the stolen racehorse Lean on Pete.