Secretariat Reviews

Movie Reviews

• The tale of this glossy chestnut colt substitutes reverence for bona fide excitement

  by Claudia Puig [USA Today ]

• the story as a whole seems stale and overly familiar

  by James Berardinelli [ReelViews ]

• The racing footage, with Dean Semler's cameras everywhere but up the horse's ass, is spectacular

  by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone ]

• the movie is a pageant of undistinguished performances by distinguished actors

  by Carrie Rickey [Philadelphia Inquirer ]

• new equine biopic "Secretariat" is dull stuff

  by Robert W. Butler [Kansas City Star ]

• it teeters between pleasantly generic film biography and rank manipulation

  by Roger Moore [Orlando Sentinel ]

• has a hokey, old-fashioned appeal

  Review rate : B- by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly ]

• an old-fashioned, super-genteel family movie

  by Kenneth Turan [LA Times ]

• a worthy sacrifice

  by Cathy Jakicic [Milwauke Journal Sentinel ]

• a wholesome movie

  Review rate : B- by Gary Thompson [Philadelphia Daily News ]

• a traditional, by-the-numbers feel-good movie that's likely to leave you cheering in the end anyway

  by Bill Goodykoontz [Arizona Republic ]

• "Secretariat" has a great story to tell

  by Moira Macdonald [Seattle Times ]
• Reviewed by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe ]
• Reviewed by Joe Neumaier [NY Daily News ]
• Reviewed by Nick Schager [Village Voice ]

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