Heart warming and moving...

Rating: Null/10 (31 March 2004)

however; I can't say it was great. Mainly because of the subject matter: horse racing. I know nothing about it or Seabiscuit's story before watching this. And considering how no one cares about watching horse racing today; it is hard to imagine millions of people following the races of a horse back in the day. The story follows the concept of the little engine that could. We have a horse, jocky, and owner who all rise above what people think they are capable of doing. The best part was the race against War Admiral, who was so much bigger than little Seabiscuit. Of course, the way the movie sets it up, it was fate that Seabiscuit wins. Then, the horse and jocky both get injuried and each one over comes them to win another race. The movie ends there; but it never tells if that was Seabiscuit's and Red's last race. They could have flashed a paragraph about what they did next. If it was Seabiscuit's last race, then why not say so.
FINAL VERDICT: Good; the kind of touching film I like. The subject matter is just hard to identify with since hardly anyone even follows horse racing now days.