Dakota's Summer
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64% Critic Match

Dakota's Summer

Sometimes you win. Sometimes you learn.

6.4 / 10 2014 1h 31mPG English
Family

Storyline

Cowgirls 'n Angels Dakota's Summer tells the story of Dakota Rose, a cowgirl and competitive trick rider who finds out at the age of seventeen that she was adopted. She secretly sets out to discover the truth about her adoption and meet her birth parents while visiting her grandfather, rodeo legend Austin Rose. At Austin's ranch on break from the Sweethearts of the Rodeo trick riding team, Dakota discovers that family is not defined by blood, but rather personal commitment and by the love they share. Finally at peace, Dakota trains with Austin in order to prepare to rejoin the Sweethearts for their final competition against the talented Lone Star trick riding team and become the champion trick rider she was destined to be.

Cast & Crew

Haley Ramm

Haley Ramm

Dakota Rose

Lead
Jade Pettyjohn

Jade Pettyjohn

Summer

Emily Bett Rickards

Emily Bett Rickards

Kristin

Keith Carradine

Keith Carradine

Austin Rose

Julie Ann Emery

Julie Ann Emery

Annie

Spencer Boldman

Spencer Boldman

Bryce

Marin Hinkle

Marin Hinkle

Clara

Amber Hayes

Amber Hayes

Amber

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Timothy Armstrong's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Dakota's Summer is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker