Night Ride Home (1999)

Neal (Keith Carradine) and Nora (Rebecca De Mornay) are married, but distant with each other. The couple focus all their attention and love on their son, Simon (Jordan Brower), and daughter, Clea (Thora Birch). When Simon dies suddenly in a tragic horseback-riding accident, Nora takes the death especially hard and falls into a deep depression. With the help of Nora's mother, Maggie (Ellen Burstyn), Neal attempts to reconnect with his wife and save his family.

[@leonardstefanyshyn40]

Have been there. Lost a little boy in an accident. Without God it would have been excruciating. With God I found strength and comfort I could never ever had imagined. Made me the rock for all my other children. Was a true miracle. Death is not the end.

[@Michael-ob2jr]

Amen!

[@maudeboggins9834]

Oh Gosh. What a heart wrenching scenario. You found solace in God that speaks volumes about the power of faith.

[@dyaneshwarjamdhade2361]

।

[@annetteelliott1494]

With all due respect......why didn't God protect your son?

[@leonardstefanyshyn40]

@@annetteelliott1494 Why didn’t he protect his own son. We fear death because we have no faith.

[@f.l.fargose6446]

We can never stop loving and remembering our beloved even they are not with us physically. But don't ignore people who are with you.

[@Solutions3000]

"Don't stop ignoring people...". Do you mean "don't...ignore people who are with you"?

[@Sbannmarie]

@@Solutions3000 dude I think that’s what she said

[@aroyaliota]

Two of my four sons died. One at 19 the other in his early thirties. You’re never the same, but there is a way through with the strength & grace of God, The Father. We will meet again 🥲

[@jojoquinn2]

Great movie. Makes you stop and think about the value of a family and keeping that love together.

[@felipehildebrand6981]

Ive been searching for so long this movie that i watched as a kid. Thank you very very much.

[@pamfrank3962]

Thank you for sharing this wonderful movie 🎥❤

[@shirley4490]

I was pleasantly surprised with Keith's job as a father in this and the role of maggie I really loved her part. thank you for a great movie

[@laurenalan423]

When the teenage girl cries in bed and her mother hugs her, I always tear up.

[@lilwinged5291]

The way that woman got out and hugged the whole family at one time .. beautiful 😍

[@wonderful-wafwaf]

Is this comment motivated by race by any chance? Only change will come when you stop making trial issues about it.

[@pamelaharrison3196]

That was a wonderful movie and it is a hard getting over the loss of a loved one. I can't imagine what it would be like to lose your own child.

[@warrennicholsony.fernando4513]

Keith Carradine was amazing in his role as a father who feels alienated from his family. I can understand his frustrations. Always giving in and getting overruled all time sucks.

[@AnayhiasMimi4619]

Oh

[@gustavagenbacht6600]

Stunning movie. I could feel the pain, stood at my son's grave 9 years ago. The pain and loss never changes. But we can. We can grow and take all the shit life can throw at us.

[@margeehamilton843]

I couldn't hold my son's body. They couldn't get him out if the car while it was still burning.

[@margeehamilton843]

I understood that pain all too well.

[@margeehamilton843]

I'm just grateful that I had other kids to keep me going.

[@margeehamilton843]

I just hope that the other kids involved aren't struggling with survivor's guilt. There'sno guilt to be had.

[@margeehamilton843]

But we had Jesus to hold us.

[@bobbysooknanan9995]

This is a very loving movie 🎥🍿🎥 thanks 😊 d upload

[@sheiladesoysa3157]

A really beautiful and emotional family story. So many lessons to be learnt. Great script. Rebecca de mornay is a wonderful actress. Keith carradine as always an excellent family man. Loved this movie.

[@mehmetafsar4537]

Mehmet Afşar

[@tammyhollandsworth6783]

Such an emotional movie. So heartbreaking. Giving up their home I disagree with because loving memories of their child and God can sustain a family.

[@maudeboggins9834]

That is true but the other side of the coin could be the never ending reminders are so very painful.

[@kittybeck151]

I agree. They were both going through grief and not thinking clearly. Bad time to make a decision like moving. I felt that would have been wrong. She thought she had nothing to live for, but she had her daughter, the farm, and her horses. So she was not thinking clearly at all, neither was the dad or he would have said that to her.

[@lilianaprina5991]

People says that to have a child dying is the most difficult experience to overcome. Our children are to send us away at old age. I love the landscapes in this farm for their beauty is special.

[@rio-impetuoso4271]

Love must break through, indeed. Bitterness, guilt, doubt storm at the doors of the heart; how wonderful when the warmth and strength of love (mother, neighbours, partner, child, workers, ...) get through to us, in the midst of pain, grief and sorrow! Sad but beautiful drama.

[@MeadeSkeltonMusic]

The acting is top notch !

[@stefanandersson5604]

Thanks for sharing this great movie. Life has upps and downs! 👍❤️

[@michaellin6645]

Very sad movie but do liked the background music and it makes me cry.

[@naowanartbhekasuta4999]

good movie. thank you for sharing.

[@ritajones7063]

I miss my daughter so much this made me think of her so much.I just want to get thru her leaving this world to soon

[@espiritualme2048]

Sorry 😞

[@maryvernon6411]

Heart breaking movie. Death is hard but the death of a child is the hardest to deal with especially alone.

[@marilynbaer5926]

Not horses fault.

[@user370Z]

@@marilynbaer5926 Definitely not and glad the daughter eventually said what actually happened!

[@jenniferfraser6936]

Loved watching the film . IT was sad and alot of mixed emotions.

[@constancestinger5976]

Great story and clean too.

[@hazelsmith5628]

Devastating grief makes one do strange things , only making sense to the one grieving !

[@leannbridwell1853]

Each of us grieves differently in our own special way.that’s ok.

[@s.t.santos5928]

WoW, great acting from everyone.

[@esmed5610]

Never overrule just to please your kids . Sad great movie.

[@maxine1200]

🇬🇧 Sad, but a lovely movie. Good cast well worth watching 👏

[@heatherjephcott5022]

A difficult but very beautiful film.

[@deedrathelibra]

Siblings carry a kind of disenfranchised grief.

[@sharonsheehy3128]

Heart warming movie

[@astzfat3319]

Painful to stick thru the movie. Reminds us, strength comes with forging on together.

[@shilomifsud9836]

OMG I've always wanted to watch this movie

[@jubalcalif9100]

Thanks for sending me the link to this gem, Shilo ! I had never even heard of it til now. Just finished watching it; enjoyed it very much. Well made, well written & well acted ! :-)

[@benancegeorge5480]

Wonderful

[@roshanaharrison6002]

Beautiful

[@kimvalpy]

🧡 Great Movie... 😎

[@klassicalmuzik]

I wonder how this film was titled “Night Ride Home”. I thought maybe “ride home” symbolizes how the destination of Simon’s last ride was back “home” to heaven. But I think there’s more to the title than that?

[@evangelostzonis6383]

Grate splendid!!!!!!!

[@evangelostzonis6383]

Amazings ACTORS

[@laurenalan423]

This film reminds me of the 1980 film Ordinary People. A teenaged family member is killed in a horrific accident, leaving the parents and surviving sibling to cope. The surviving sibling struggles with a lot after the accident and keeps her emotions inside for a long time, but she is finally able to let them out. Thora Birch played a bereaved sibling in this movie just as well as Timothy Hutton did in Ordinary People. I do, however, like the mother in this film a lot better. Rebecca DeMornay's character in Night Ride Home is a lot nicer than Mary Tyler Moore's was in Ordinary People. Nora in Night Ride Home did not love her son more than she loved her daughter. She just had trouble with mother-daughter relationships, because her relationship with her own mother (Ellyn Burnstyn) wasn't that great. Her initial reactions to her son's death--depression, not wanting anything that reminded her of the tragedy, feelings of guilt, and wanting to die---were normal for a grieving mother. She did, however, prove to be there for her daughter when she put her arm around her and told her she could talk to her about her feelings anytime she needed to and when she hugged her daughter close when she was crying in bed. The family in Night Ride Home ended up getting back together to work through the tragedy. Mary Tyler Moore's character in Ordinary People, Beth Jarrett, was horrible. She loved her deceased son more than she loved her surviving son, and she never showed her surviving son any affection. Beth in Ordinary People ended up walking out on her family at the end of the movie. I just couldn't stand Mary Tyler Moore's character in Ordinary People. Rebecca DeMornay's character in this film may not be perfect, but she clearly loves both of her children.

[@alcam8781]

Yes I remember that movie feeling really dark and depressing.

[@originalkingalpha5116]

@@alcam8781 You mean to tell us that you actually read that entire novel written by that person in the comments?😂😂😂

[@originalkingalpha5116]

😴

[@alcam8781]

@@originalkingalpha5116 Lol😉

[@originalkingalpha5116]

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[@marcuservin2167]

Bravo 🙌🏾🙏🏾

[@MsDisneylandlover]

The mom is from the hand that rocks the cradle.

[@napsiahsalleh4266]

They blamed the horse Zeb for their own error in judgement. Nora and the daughter are to be blamed for allowing the grounded Simon to go horseback riding. Nora is the perpetrator, not the victim. Her nervous breakdown is the result of immense guilt and her own weakness for pampering Simon too much.

[@bettyhagen6586]

No one is to be blamed. It was a horrible accident.....

[@dulcehajjar5826]

Agree ! Betty

[@wonderful-wafwaf]

I agree somewhat. She was a totally disrespectful wife. He put up with that self centred wife!

[@bermiragates7355]

Boy, I thought she was going to kill the horse

[@Jeymez]

@@bermiragates7355 ya when i saw that scene, i was like please don't do what i think your about to do. luckily she only smacked him on the rear and fired off a shot. it ain't the horse, it's never the animal, but because he was thrown from a horse from riding recklessly on it i might add, that's how he got thrown in the first place. a horse ain't nothing to play around with, if you learn to respect the animal it'll go a long way to ensure your survival. horses are very sensitive, but like any animal they will warm up to you, but you can't be an idiot that's how accidents happen. it was the sisters idea to race, but neither of them were thinking or using there head, and as they got close to a creek that horse just stopped on it's own. as someone who has rode on a horse, not race, but I've rode a few at my uncles farm, but when you learn to ride you also learn how to slow the horse or make him stop. you never want the horse to make that decision, because if he decides to stop and you ain't holding on right, you might fall off or get thrown. now maybe they have done it before, but all it can take is one mistake and your life can be over. Christopher Reeves will always be Superman to me, but the actor is not superman in real life, and unfortunately he had a bad accident and got stepped on. he loved horses to, but i bet that day he probably wished he didn't have him. he managed to stay alive as long as he could've, that's a real superman right there, but the only thing your trying to fight in that state is time.

[@dorandacolbert5973]

My kind of movie!

[@sandystewart7391]

Listen to our husband by Not letting the boy rode the horse and study,poor horse,oh it was just a Movie anyways 😃

[@jeanetteknight2303]

I love the movie it was good love at

[@debbiebousquet5677]

Death does funny things to us... it stops us in our tracks... sometimes it takes leaving an starting ovr cuz death almost crushed ur heart so bad u don't think u will evr recover.... but life keeps u waking up evryday.... it's a funny thing ' life' good movie an good actors an actress'

[@annetteelliott1494]

Good movie.

[@geraldlewis8272]

Good movie

[@Rose-xy5pe]

I thought the part where she said that them losing Simon wasn’t the same as her losing him was very cruel. Insisting that she was a special case because she gave birth to him, as if she’s implying that his own father, sister, and grandmother didn’t love him as much as she did.

[@winonamassingill7895]

Is it too much to ask that she would remember that she still has a living child who still needs to feel like she’s needed and loved? And to hate the horse that he was riding when he got thrown off. The horse didn’t do it on purpose. It reminds me of when my sweet little dog does something that displeases me, and I get mad at him. He doesn’t understand why I’m mad at him but his eyes are hurt and they just keep asking me to forgive him, although he doesn’t understand what he had done to make me mad at him. When I finally look back at him and pet him and apologize for having been mad at him for something that he thinks he must have done wrong, although he doesn’t know what it was and doesn’t understand, he’s the happiest little guy that you’ve ever seen.

[@winonamassingill7895]

Okay so I had only watched until Maggie was going home from the hospital, when I made the comment. I yipped before I was bit. I’ll wait until the end of the movie if I have any comments that I’d like to make.

[@hookbeak2321]

@@winonamassingill7895 I liked your comparison with your own dog, how it's our own behavior that's at fault, its too easy to blame any animal that doesn't understand & will not argue back.

[@adrianashilling2573]

Simon was riding recklessly and the horse just stopped at the waters edge . Horse could just as easily have broken its leg landing in the rocky creek. Stupid accident but definitely not the horse’s fault.

[@norahcutts6989]

Moral...drive safe and sensible and wear a crash hat😢

[@raphaelandrews3617]

That is WHY you need to wear protective head gear and clothing when horse riding. It is a very dangerous sport.

[@MeadeSkeltonMusic]

It isn't that dangerous

[@sherylcoetzer1]

I hate the ending LOL. Did they go live with him or did he come back?

[@manishchauhan6781]

Why every time mother show her rights over childern father also has a equal right. But childerns also does not support their father.

[@jeanineedmondstone2778]

watching now

[@ariamcsrm1902]

So, did they stay or did they leave ?

[@CVenza]

Good movie. @ 58:15 Dennis the greeter looked deceased himself!

[@shibar9896]

The little house made me feel sad it wasn't it's fault

[@adrianashilling2573]

The buckskin is crippled lame when Clea is practicing posting.

[@raminrasouli191]

Simon died so instantly

[@mayocamargo6468]

Demasiado triste!

[@deegeraghty9426]

If their son had worn a helmet, he would have lived and only suffered concussion.

[@klassicalmuzik]

Thora Birch right before she did American Beauty.

[@MsDisneylandlover]

6:36 black lady in the purple shirt rip to her i can't recall her name.

[@keithawhosoever5384]

Good movie apart from the 'adult' dialogue between the young daughter and her precious boyfriend. Do kids really talk like that about grief and emotions? Maybe this 64 year old me is out of touch ...🤔

[@maxsinnapah5754]

You're right👌

[@wonderful-wafwaf]

U are right

[@Jeymez]

no unfortunately there are kids who talk like that

[@maxsinnapah5754]

Unbelievable, i'm amazed the story focused on nothing but family. A wonderful father willing to sacrifice his desires for the family although there was a space bt him and his wife......no intimacy. Neal finally gave up on his wife and daughter and moved to Seatle, there wasn't any other woman for him except his wife but i thought otherwise......respect anyway. Touching story 😢 but the daughter in school has a boyfriend who presents a ring 💍 😅 My opinion!!!! that's unnecessary if you know what I mean. On the whole i love the movie.

[@cristiananaella4760]

👍

[@TripleG69]

Just accept the guilt and do right next time. Hopefully there will be a next time. All blame lay at the feet of both sister and mother and NOT the horse. If you as a parent want to overrule the other parent then you must also stand and take the consequences. No self pity parties! No empathy! I feel for the poor dad and young farmhand. They are the reel victims here. The daughter-at least she realizes her fault in it all. As for the grandmother-totally uncalled for criticism on the father. It was her daughter whom not even she herself could handle or control, fault. I hate how the wife keeps trying to make the dad feel responsible for her being an idiot and disrespectful wife. Disobedient to her marriage vows. What a selfish woman forcing her family to move cause if her stupidity and then not harming and causing a family break up! I hate people like this. They're the one always causing heartache and others must pay. So not on but I'm not allowed to say what se should have done cause it's not comment friendly. I absolutely love the honesty and resourcefulness of the secretary. He should have listened to her. Moral of the story- don't be selfish, self centred nor a misandtrist. Stand together as parents. Another very important thing NEVER have a favourite child!

[@espiritualme2048]

Very well said!!!

[@naturelle1097]

The horse was not at fault..

[@Jeymez]

man why is it the best movies and stories are always the one's not watched or read by the masses, i had no idea how this movie might go coming into it. but when i saw Thora Birch name as a credit, i knew it was gonna be something deep and heavy, and boy did they deliver on that. this had me glued from start to finish, if yall didn't shed a tear a few times you ain't human. Thora is incredible, one of the most underrated actors, but everybody in this especially Keith Carradine did a fantastic job. all that from a horse, but that's the thing, there's no words that can explain a death like that. they were going too fast, and if you don't know how to slow the horse down you can get thrown over. it's not the animals fault, but a death like that, that happens so suddenly, everybody suffers from it. the worse part is when a sibling is in the middle, because she's going through it to, and it's gonna be even harder on them because she was there. the most painful part was the funeral, watching that was so sad and depressing. I've dealt with a few of those in my family, but nothing can compare to losing a sibling. that's the kinda death that can tear a family apart, and the cause might not even be anyone's fault all the time. sometimes it can be, but it's not always so. they seem just like a normal family, but before there son died, the last thing his dad said to him was, im not angry im just disappointed. you know that had to sting, the mom blamed herself for teaching him how to ride, but we also learned from her mom was that she showed her son more love than Thora. so she had no idea how she was feeling and dealing with it, she blamed herself for wanting to race him, but it's nobody's fault. i don't think a helmet would mean much, maybe protect the head, but a horse can throw you pretty hard. so landing on your back in very shallow water with rocks at the bottom wouldn't be very good. but what a movie, i wish there more, but i can only handle so much.

[@fredcrown-tamir698]

A good movie, even though completely Godless, which I believe would have been a great one with the Lord included.

[@realitydoll216]

Did the horse ever return home?

[@MeadeSkeltonMusic]

Yes, but they sold it off

[@realitydoll216]

@@MeadeSkeltonMusic Thanks. I missed that scene.

[@alisatjaden3906]

NOT the horse's fault. I can't stand how she was treated by the Mom. No Zad did Not kill Simon. He was riding recklessly, His fault. Send Zad to the auction where she can be put in kill pen for dog food? I have had horses for years. Can't watch this movie anymore

[@socialmeaslesinpartnership1252]

Rebecca de Mornay's acting tour de force is a right bore. Actors - they do tend to roll around in it.

[@smrutisethi1406]

Please dubbed in Hindi

[@Damian_69_]

10 minutes and i already don't like the mom

[@josephdesouza4573]

Bad sound

[@Solutions3000]

Hmmm... They might've fixed that, since you watched. Sounds perfect, via my device.

[@siegridthomas9674]

Let's admit who is to blame here...Mother and daughter...NOT THE HORSE...I can't stand people who have no backbone...Will not waste my time to watch rest of movie ...!

[@adrianashilling2573]

Nora is very selfish and makes it all about her.

[@jjayaraman3191]

Feb2024 Night Ride Home.1999 (Rabecca DeMornay.K Carradine.Ellen Burstyn.Thora Birch.Lynn Thigpen.R Merriman.)[Glen Jordan]{Esstman.nov.Parker.Cloud.tlpl}_5.4_1h38_ /// A father, mother and their daughter try to cope with the tragic death of their young son, the girl’s brother, that she indirectly unintentionally caused.