An emotional recount of a horse, three men, and a fallen nation

Rating: 8/10 (16 June 2012)

Despite poetic license taken from Laura Hillenbrands' account of American history where a horse is a metaphor for the rebirth of a country, I can only praise this piece. Maybe this is due my being a sentimentalist, weak on The Great Depression facts or just a fan of all the great things that come together on the screen. The regal and nostalgia of horse racing, the simplicity of radio days and the glorious cinematography help show this wonderful story of three men and a horse that won't give up just cause he's down smartly interwoven by a narrated historical perspective. Tobey McGuire, Jeff Bridges & Chris Cooper all deliver corny dialog and we soak it up like we've waited for hours in a soup kitchen line.