Long winded and cheap..

Rating: 1/10 (1 September 2003)

I can't believe how easily people are taken in by this trite piece of cinematography. Formulaic, patronizing, and cheap are a few words that come to mind when I think of Sea Biscuit. This has nothing whatsoever to offer. Any message of hope and perseverance in the face of adversity was lost in the 45 minutes of black white montages. And another thing, were does empathy come in? How are we supposed to care about any of the characters in this film? Granted what happened to Bridges' character was tragic, but everybody has had their share of tragedy in life. I apologize if I fail to empathize with a fifty year old millionaire with a trophy wife, hundreds of acres of land, and horse trainer who utters little nuggets of wisdom like: `Horses still crap in the barn, well they do.' And McGuire's closing monologue was the proverbial salt in the wound: `We didn't fix Sea Biscuit, Sea Biscuit fixed us. And in way we all fixed each other.' This phrase seems more fitting on a bumper sticker or in a episode of Full House rather than a `Oscar Worthy Film'.