Fun to watch....But

Rating: 6/10 (12 August 2004)

"Seabiscuit" is a great movie for teenagers. It's a story of hope, the underdog, it will warm the cockles of your heart. I'll admit, it's fun to watch, especially if I saw this 20 years ago as a teen. Unfortunately as a male over 30, Seabiscuit is ends up wallowing in the dependency of a corny, over-emotional script blantantly devised to give you that ever-popular "I feel good all over"- as only hollywood can do to sell. Anyone old enough and has a good 10-20 years of film watching behind them will no doubt sense this. I ended up feeling like a saw a very good made for TV movie or an after school special. The 3 main actors- Toby McGuire, Jeff Bridges, and Chris Cooper are really quite good and enjoyable to watch, which certainly helps this mush. I'm also in shock the makers left out an ending synopsis of the life of Seabiscuit and his remarkable history as we also NEVER find out what ever happened to him or his future. Instead, the credits just roll. This,to me, after watching the fluff for 2 and a half hours, was just more irritation. 6/10 for some fine acting, a nice story, and sheer harmless fun.