Hollywood movie at it's worst

Rating: 2/10 (1 April 2007)

This movie was an agony to watch. You always know what's about to happen, and keep watching only because you hope there will be at least some plot twist or surprising event along the way, but no. It goes just as all those other Hollywood sport hero movies and bores you to tears.
The script is dull. It just picks events here and there along the time line and fails to create any suspense. Directing isn't all that inspired either. So the story gets just told and that's all.
The actors do an OK job considering the circumstances, but can't save the movie. Tobey Maguire even manages to create some depth into the character of jockey Red Pollard, but generally the characters remain paper thin.
Usually, when a movie doesn't seem interesting after 20 minutes or so, I stop watching, but this one had been praised so much, that I had to see if there's anything in it. But the longer I watched, the more disappointed I got, and It was relief when the movie finally ended.