Very good (but not great)

Rating: 7/10 (30 July 2003)

Compared to the usual summer dreck in movies, Seabiscuit is most welcome. But, if you like storytelling to impart something fresh, new or unexpected, this movie is only so-so. I found it way too telescoped and foreshadowed, albeit well set up and performed. It's basically calibrated to tell you what you want to hear, with almost no complexity or nuance. People will like it as much as they want to root for the underdog -- and believe the underdog sometimes wins (weighted to your being over or under 40 years old...)