Secretariat

2010

2h 3m

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7.4/10

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Housewife and mother Penny Chenery agrees to take over her ailing father's Virginia-based Meadow Stables, despite her lack of horse-racing knowledge. Against all odds, Chenery - with the help of veteran trainer Lucien Laurin - manages to navigate the male-dominated business, ultimately fostering the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years.

Directors

Randall Wallace

Writers

Mike Rich(screenplay by)

Stars

Diane Lane

John Malkovich

Scott Glenn

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Penny Chenery

Lucien Laurin

Chris Chenery

Jack Tweedy

Bull Hancock

Miss Ham

Eddie Sweat

Ogden Phipps

Ronnie Turcotte

E.V. Benjamin

Robert Kleburg

John Galbreath

Pancho Martin

Laffit Pincay

Bill Nack

Andy Beyer

Seth Hancock

Sarah Tweedy

Directors

Randall Wallace

Writers

Mike Rich(screenplay by)

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7/10

I thoroughly enjoyed the performances of Diane Lane and John Malkovich, the film itself may not match those two but it still makes for a pleasant time. This is another sports drama from Disney and another film about horses, of which they have been a fair amount down the decades from the studio. It fails to reach the (very) high levels of 1976's 'The Littlest Horse Thieves' and 1991's 'Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken'. However, with that noted, 'Secretariat' still produces a fine time. Lane and Malkovich are very good together, Lane particularly stands out. Margo Martindale is involved once more, playing a sweet and lovely character as she always does - she's perfect for those roles. Nice to see James Cromwell, also. The cinematography is solid, as is the pacing of events. It does feel a little light of serious story at times, but that's hard to avoid when you're dealing with something as interesting but repetitive as horse racing. In the end, it's a nice story about Secretariat and Penny Chenery.

r96sk10 Nov, 2020