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| UPDATED
EVERY THURSDAY
Thursday
30th October 2003 |
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content © New Journal Enterprises, 2003 |
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| REVIEWS |
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BY ANTONIA QUIRKE |
Seabiscuit |
| SEABISCUIT–
Dir Gary Ross/Cert PG |
A sweetie of a film.
Seabiscuit was a racehorse deeply loved by the public in Depression
era America.
He was smaller than most thoroughbreds, and had been whipped as a
foal – so he was touchy, scrappy, cross.
One day a millionaire businessman (played in the film by Jeff Bridges)
bought him on the recommendation of an itinerant Mustang trainer (Chris
Cooper). Together with a one-eyed Jockey (yes, it’s true) they
transformed Seabiscuit into a record-winning crowd pleaser, a horse
with six gears and an eccentric personality – he liked to sleep
most of the day and went everywhere accompanied by his girlfriend
(a dreamy Grey) and a dog.
Of course, there’s some great horse acting in the film, but
the humans are pretty good too.
Tobey Maguire as the jockey is toothpick thin, trouble-and-a-half,
riding Seabiscuit in a red-headed blur, sharp elbows and kneecaps
getting in the way. You will laugh, you will cry, we will all sit
down and watch it on TV at Christmas in two years time. |
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