Down the stretch they come!!!

Rating: Null/10 (28 January 2004)

Wonderful dramatization of the legendary horse, and the people who surrounded it. Intersting in its study of the owner, trainer and jockey and how the collection of unfortunate mavericks were almost mystically drawn to a troubled horse, like pieces in a puzzle. Sporadic naration by author David McCullough which deals mainly with US handling of the Great Depression adds a nice historical element to the film. Its a nice marriage of film and documentary, and unique in its compostion as such. The director paced the film much like a good horse race, with the stretch run of the film's final twenty minutes, the most surprising and satsifying of the entire effort. I have to admit, I never saw it coming. A must see!!!