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July 25, 2003
July 25, 2003
Universal Studios
PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Michael Angarano, Mariah Bess, Sam Bottoms, Cameron Bowen, Jeff Bridges, Chris Cooper, Annie Corley, Carl M. Craig, David Doty, Michael Ensign, James Keane, Ed Lauter, Noah Luke, Valerie Mahaffey, David McCullough (II), Paul Vincent O'Connor, Michael O'Neill, Jamie Lee Redmon, Gianni Russo
"I was not expecting this movie to be as good as it was. The directing and camera work are excellent!"
- Lion-O, gave it a 5/5
"Loved it! Amazing true story!"
- i_love_starbucks, gave it a 5/5
Proving that truth is often greater than fiction, the handsome production of Seabiscuit offers a healthy alternative to Hollywood's staple diet of mayhem. With superior production values at his disposal, writer-director Gary Ross (Pleasantville) is a bit too reverent toward Laura Hillenbrand's captivating bestseller, unnecessarily using archival material--and David McCullough's familiar PBS-styled narration--to pay Ken Burns-like tribute to Hillenbrand's acclaimed history of Seabiscuit, the knobby-kneed thoroughbred who "came from behind" in the late 1930s to win the hearts of Depression-weary Americans. That caveat aside, Ross's adaptation retains much of the horse-and-human heroism that Hillenbrand so effectively conveyed; this is a classically styled "legend" movie like The Natural, which was also heightened by a lushly sentimental Randy Newman score. Led by Tobey Maguire as Seabiscuit's hard-luck jockey, the film's first-rate cast is uniformly excellent, including William H. Macy as a wacky trackside announcer who fills this earnest film with a much-needed spirit of fun. --Jeff Shannon - Amazon.com
