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• there's not an inventive moment in the entire film

  by James Berardinelli [ReelViews ]

• recycles just about every sentimental ploy and cliche from a raft of horse racing movies.

  by Kirk Honeycutt [The Hollywood Reporter ]

• manages to be enormously satisfying

  by Jessica Reaves [Chicago Tribune ]

• is painfully slow in getting going

  by Sue Pierman [The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel ]

• heartfelt and touching.

  by Liam Cullin [Empire Movies ]

• Gatins makes an impressive debut as writer-director

  by James Verniere [Boston Herald ]

• feels formulaic and farfetched, but in a family-friendly, feel-good way.

  by Barbara Vancheri [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ]

• falls flat on its face

  by Steve Moreau [The Cinema Source ]

• Exceptionally satisfying

  by Jolie Williamson [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ]

• Engaging feel-good drama that gleefully trots out all the usual cliches

  by Matthew Turner [ViewLondon ]

• compelling and well-acted.

  by Ellen Futterman [St. Louis Post-Dispatch ]

• a watchable, even enjoyable movie about and for girls

  by Marrit Ingman [Austin Chronicle ]

• a solid and heartfelt film that's suitable for the whole family.

  by Stan Urankar [Sun Newspapers of Cleveland ]

• a refreshing change of pace, especially after the recent bombardment of too-dark, overly ambitious and/or highly flawed dramas

  by Jeff Vice [Deseret News, Salt Lake City ]

• a pleasantly diverting family drama.

  by Kevin Courrier [Boxoffice Magazine ]

• a higher echelon of feel-good family film

  by Christy Lemire [Denver Rocky Mountain News ]

• a family film that even adults may enjoy.

  by Tim Knight [Reel ]
• Reviewed by Jenny Halper [Comingsoon ]
• Reviewed by Erik Childress [EFilmCritic ]
• Reviewed by The Wolf [Iofilm ]
• Reviewed by William Arnold [Seattle Post-Intelligencer ]
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• Reviewed by Gregory Kirschling [Entertainment Weekly ]
• Reviewed by Terry Lawson [Detroit Free Press ]
• Reviewed by Nancy Churnin [The Dallas Morning News ]
• Reviewed by Hanh Nguyen [Zap2it ]
• Reviewed by Bruce Westbrook [Houston Chronicle ]
• Reviewed by Ty Burr [Boston Globe ]
• Reviewed by Elizabeth Weitzman [New York Daily News ]
• Reviewed by Fernando F. Croce [Slant Magazine ]
• Reviewed by Neil Smith [BBC Films ]
• Reviewed by Brooke Holgerson [The Boston Phoenix ]
• Reviewed by Steve Schneider [Orlando Weekly ]

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