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Seabiscuit

2003

Action / Drama / History / Sport

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Elizabeth Banks Photo
Elizabeth Banks as Marcela Howard
Jeff Bridges Photo
Jeff Bridges as Charles Howard
Tobey Maguire Photo
Tobey Maguire as Red Pollard
Michael Angarano Photo
Michael Angarano as Young Red Pollard
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1.17 GB
1280*544
Chinese 2.0
PG-13
23.976 fps
2 hr 20 min
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2.25 GB
1920*816
Chinese 2.0
PG-13
23.976 fps
2 hr 20 min
P/S ...

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Prismark107 / 10

A pedigree gallop

Seabiscuit is an old fashioned feel good film with Rockyesque aspirations of an underdog in a depression era USA which brings hope to a nation.

Charles Howard (Jeff Bridges) is a wealthy car dealer (shades of Tucker about Bridges role) who has suffered losses when the depression struck. Tom Smith (Chris Cooper) is a veteran trainer who fixes injured horses and Red Pollard (Tobey Maguire) a Canadian jockey blinded in one eye and has a short fuse.

Then there is Seabiscuit a mistreated and temperamental colt. Red and Seabiscuit who are both volatile become close and the horse racks up some impressive victories in the west coast and captures the public's imagination but there are more obstacles to overcome.

Director Gary Ross gives the film plenty of heart and sentimentality and just about gets away with it because the cast invest so much in the story despite some well worn clichés but uplifts you as the viewer.

Reviewed by TheLittleSongbird8 / 10

Absorbing and nostalgic family drama

The beginning is slow I agree, and some of the parallels between injured Maguire and Seabiscuit are a tad overplayed more to do with the direction than how it is performed or shot, but Seabiscuit is an absorbing, sentimental and nostalgic family drama. It is beautifully filmed, has a lovely, heart-warming story with a strong emotional core, is decently scripted and is well paced in general. Seabiscuit also has a very good soundtrack and the race sequences are gripping. Jeff Bridges, Chris Cooper and Tobey Maguire give superb performances, as does William H.Macy as a pessimist who also actually brings some much-needed humour to the film. Overall, not perfect but worthwhile film. 8/10 Bethany Cox

Reviewed by SnoopyStyle8 / 10

Sincere old fashion story

In 1910, Charles Howard (Jeff Bridges) working on an assembly line decides to start his own bicycle shop. Eventually he becomes great selling cars and a great automobile enthusiast. He becomes wealthy and purchases a horse ranch. Then the Great Depression happens. His son is killed in a car accident and his wife leaves. He later remarries Marcela (Elizabeth Banks).

Red Pollard (Tobey Maguire/Michael Angarano) from a loving family is left behind to ride race horses as a child when his family couldn't hold together. He has to struggle to get through the cold world. Charles Howard decides to get into horse racing. He hires world weary trainer Tom Smith (Chris Cooper). Tom sees a small horse named Seabiscuit who has something in him. People have deemed him too small, too lazy, and left him to the trash heaps. In many ways, Red has also been left to the trash heaps and is angry for it.

It's an epic in its own way. It is old fashion but in a good way. It's uplifting. The sense of lost from the main characters are all well done. The acting is all great. Tobey Maguire is able to give voice to the pain that both he and the horse have felt over their lives. The story is so sincere that one must accept it or else. It's an underdog movie with feelings.

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