Simplicity rules....

Rating: Null/10 (5 August 2003)

There is no doubt that 'Seabiscuit' is a feel good movie. This is probably the most simple film in terms of its storytelling and execution since 1990's 'Dances with Wolves'. It benefits greatly from having its three main characters (Tobey Maguire, Jeff Bridges and Chris Cooper) come together in a totally accidental twist of fate. As the owner (Jeff Bridges) of an underdog horse, a seasoned horse trainer and frontiersman (Chris Cooper) and a jockey (Tobey Maguire) make their way through the trials and tribulations of the sport of kings, their horse Seabiscuit manages to win at almost every turn once all the pieces of the puzzle fall into place.

Written for the screen and directed by Gary Ross, this is a simple old fashioned story that makes the film industry respectable in this time of degrading sex comedies, computer overkill on special effects and empty dreadful slasher films.
Hollywood needs more films like this to bring back an audience of the finer generation who have stayed away from films in recent years and who have contributed to the overall dwindling number of ticket sales that continue to fall year after year. Go, Seabiscuit, go!!