title should have been TOBY TOBY TOBY

Rating: 4/10 (19 December 2004)

The movie starts out very strong, looking like it's going to be a prize. Ends up a disjointed, sappy, and highly annoying focus on the "jockey with issues". Sorry, it's late and there isn't much to say even if it weren't. Sometimes, if a director/actor is talented enough (Clint Eastwood comes to mind) you can pull of great movies with a person who can do both. When you have one of the leads in a film as co-producer, there can be trouble. What happened to Jeff Bridges' role? He just sort of faded into the shadow of a caricature. The horse whisperer dude likewise. God that's enough slamming of this sorry piece of horse puck. OK, you want 10 lines? I did like the travel south when Jeff Bridges met his new wife. The actress playing her did an admirable job in the beginning. Then her character also faded into the shadows of the "jockey with issues." There. 10 lines plus.