Very moving

Rating: 9/10 (12 October 2005)

One recognizes given have and that horse is not interested at its figures really, on the one hand by so large erzählerischen spaces as well as the missing description of the fate of the family Pollard, that (this intention at least was to be sensed) its son above all for financial reasons into the care of the Rennstall-owner and not out of entire Verantwortungslosigkeit and aversion. To the other, one recognizes it that no its characters any type of development endures: Seabiscuit"-Besitzer Howard, charismatic represented of Jeff Bridges, is prevented smith from beginning to end that, but unusually good-natured father figure, Pferdeflüsterer and Marlboro-one, grasped assign would become just as magnificently of Chris Cooper, continually the kauzige, but will strong Lone Rider and even Jockey speech Pollard that one yet at that soon the function of the principle figure Choleric. At that soon one can communicate in view of this stagnation yet Seabiscuit itself a type development, for this gets its boundless fury in the course of the film nevertheless yet under inspection and becomes the real team player".
It is steals this irresolution finally, that the film much of its power: around at the fate of the figures really share take to can, remain detaches it too in order completely to be able to grasp the disposition situation of the nation emotional, is broken through its description too frequently of the stagnating single fates. Through it never reaches Seabiscuit" the density, that it effortlessly would have reached skilled-labor above all the photograph concerning,. Seabiscuit was at that time too little and speech Pollard too large, director remains horse in between.