Seabiscuit
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True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation.
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Manipulative at every turn (and holy horseshoes are there a ton of turns), I couldn't help wondering: Is it really the right thing to do, finish the story and start another one 'stead of rolling the end credits like you're supposed to? Wasn't the story of the horse's rise from nothing to something therapeutic enough for his owner, trainer and jockey? Do we really need to watch the jockey, and the horse (each clipped at the knee) struggle, ascending back to par? Even before he becomes the stepping stone to a lump-in-the-throat (thank you, Mr. Ansen), there is something distractingly hollow about Maguire's fiestiness, but it's not really to do with him - the character, as written, occupies roughly half…
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Sappy sports story? Yeah, but sometimes sappy stuff happens in real life, and this is a damned good account of such a story.
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Good, warm hearted film. However takes a while to get going.
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This one of the better horse racing movies along with the superior in career wise and also film wise Phar Lap.It never the less evokes the era and the hopes of a nation.Racing sequences are well done and use of real jockeys helps a great deal.Love the fact that in the movie Seabiscuit walks past statue at Santa Anita which is the real statue of Seabiscuit.
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I grew up near Saratoga Springs, which is famous for it's horse track, so I'm always kind of inclined to enjoy movies about horse racing. This one is pretty much a by-the-book sports underdog story, but it's competently made and it's hard to screw up this kind of thing.
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Damnd hosses
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Watched on DVD about a year after it came out.
One of the most overrated movies I have seen. Very bland and flavorless movie. Some occasionally good cinematography is the reason for the 1 star.
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"Excellent, brilliantly well-made, sad true story. Tobey Maguire is excellent, Jeff Bridges is brilliant, Chris Cooper is awesome, Elizabeth Banks is great & William H. Macy is hilarious. Seabiscuit is one of my fave racehorses as for the movie one of my fave flicks of 03'."
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Manipulative at every turn (and holy horseshoes are there a ton of turns), I couldn't help wondering: Is it really the right thing to do, finish the story and start another one 'stead of rolling the end credits like you're supposed to? Wasn't the story of the horse's rise from nothing to something therapeutic enough for his owner, trainer and jockey? Do we really need to watch the jockey, and the horse (each clipped at the knee) struggle, ascending back to par? Even before he becomes the stepping stone to a lump-in-the-throat (thank you, Mr. Ansen), there is something distractingly hollow about Maguire's fiestiness, but it's not really to do with him - the character, as written, occupies roughly half…
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