Engrossing with sweeping emotion

Rating: Null/10 (29 December 2003)

It's hard not to feel anything when you see Seabiscuit charge down the back stretch and snip across the finish line. It's a whole mix of fellings of relief and hope. Afterall, everyone roots for the underdog.
"Seabiscuit" is more of a human story than a horse tale. Charlse Howard, Tom Smith, and Red Pollard find each other after suffering through many losses. They find hope in a little-horse-that-could that sparked America's imagination for years. In 1938, it was an animal, not a human, who received the most news coverage in America. (Roosevelt was second, Hitler third) This is because of the rags to riches story that many people can relate to.
"Seabiscuit" sucsessfully ressurects the "you-can-make-anything-possible" film genre and it does that without making it seem to corny. The cast is colorful, the music is one of the best of the year, and the race scenes are a must see.