Best Feel Good Movie of a lifetime

Rating: 10/10 (26 December 2003)

For me seabiscuit was a perfect 10. Not for the acting, the characters, the plot or even the story. But for the spirit of the movie, the characters and the story. Seabiscuit was a beaten losing horse as was the jockey, the trainer and the owner even. But despite this, the spirit to win, to overcome shows through and they all succeed.
Another reason is I have 2 rescued racing greyhounds, one we have is a loving dog, and always loves everyone. The other, "mack" was a lot like seabiscuit. He was beaten, his spirit broken. 100 pounds of race dog with a broken heart. He was scared of everything. But we took him in, and over the years he has overcome all of that to be the best dog a man could ask for. I have seen him do things that I would have bet he would never do. I know this is a dog that would die for me if he had to but yet be scared the whole time. He hates water, but if I go to the lake he shakes out of fear, but still comes to be with me. I just hold him then take him back to the beach.
This is why I think seabiscuit is a 10. It lets us see those things and people around us and the achievements we can make if we just try.
So this is for my dog Mack, and the spirit that lives in him that brings Seabiscuit to life every time I see him