Full Movie Reviews
Rating of
4/4
the best, and great movie ever
bamoviegirl - wrote on 08/29/2013
what an amazing movie, and Disney movies. I loved Secretariat, one of the best movies ever made. I love Diane Lane in this movie and in all of her movies. I am a Diane Lane fan. I thought she did the best job in it. I loved it how it was mostly clean. I loved it how there wasn't really bad language at all. I loved how the story was set really amazing story. I believe in Secretariat. I do repeat some of Diane Lane's part in the movie. I saw Secretartiat in theatres twice. It was amazing in the theatres, and amazing now. One of the best movies and horse movies ever made. I love everything about this movie, and even faith in this movie. They need to make more movies like Secretartiat. All of the actors did a good job in it But Diane Lane did the best. Feel fry to comment me, or anything …
Rating of
3/4
The Greatest Race Horse Ever!
MovieAddict - wrote on 04/01/2012
A Denver housewife Penny Chenery Tweedy (Diane Lane) takes over her father's (Scott Glenn) horse racing empire when he falls ill, commuting to Virginia to take care of the farm which is almost bankrupt. Having grown up in the racing world, she knows about bloodlines and believes that her young colt Big Red later renamed Secretariat is blessed with both speed and endurance, and destined to be a champion. She spends most of her time in Virginia, away from her growing family, and misses important events in their lives much of the dismay of her husband Jack Tweedy (Dylan Walsh) who was very convincing as a husband tired of having his wife far from him and their children. She hires an eccentric French Canadian horse trainer Lucien Laurin (a delightful John Malkovich) and the horse is soon …
Rating of
3/4
Good enough
patjohnson76 - wrote on 06/15/2011
A solid effort from all involved. The story of Secretariat is told here, as we see his owner, Penny Chenery, go from acquiring the horse, it's training, all the way up to the most important races of its life. There's a good cast here, particularly Lane as Chenery There's a strong attention to detail to recreate the early 70s, from the clothes, hairstyle, right down to the art direction. Given that it's a Disney production, there is the occasional sappy dialogue (mostly about overcoming...everything) and Sham's owner, who serves as Secretariat's main rival, comes across as a ridiculously over-the-top villain. However, the racing scenes are great and I have to say I was pretty entertained, so much so I went to YouTube afterward to rewatch the real Secretariat win the Triple Crown.
