Seabiscuit Reviews

Seabiscuit Review
by John Ulmer (Rating: 1.5/5)
You know what I hate? Those cheesy reenactments they always put on television documentaries. You know, the kind where the narrator explains what's happening and we see bad actors trying to do the same on-screen. That's exactly what "Seabiscuit" feels...more

Seabiscuit Review
by Ronald O. Christian (Rating: 5/5)
My wife is the sports nut in the family. Although she'll watch anything, her passions are football (I am officially a football widower) and horse racing. I'm utterly ambivalent to sports. I will sometimes pause to watch women's professional figure...more

Seabiscuit Review
by Shannon Patrick Sullivan (Rating: 3/4)
Directed by Gary Ross. Screenplay by Ross, based on the book by Laura Hillenbrand. Starring Jeff Bridges, Chris Cooper, Tobey Maguire. Running time: 140 minutes. Rated PG for mild language by the MFCB. Reviewed on August 11th, 2003. more

Seabiscuit Review
by Homer Yen (Rating: B)
Although "Seabiscuit" galloped into theatres a few weeks ago, its durability has surprised many as it continues to draw in substantial numbers of people. Buoyed by good reviews, good word-of-mouth, and the allure that this will be much different than...more

Seabiscuit Review
by David N. Butterworth (Rating: 3/4)
Beneath the glossy, calculated, and overlong veneer of Gary Ross's affecting "Seabiscuit" there beats a heart of pure gold. This true-life drama, about a little Depression-era racehorse that could (and stirred the heart of a nation into the...more

Seabiscuit Review
by Jonathan F. Richards
Seabiscuit was more than a great race horse. He was a horse we needed, a horse who came along when the country was mired in hard luck and trouble and gave people something to lift their spirits. The new movie based on his life does much the same. more

Seabiscuit Review
by Mark R. Leeper (Rating: 6/10)
CAPSULE: Five different stories of redemption are intertwined in the history of the champion racehorse Seabiscuit. The story is something of a cliche, but the film is beautifully mounted and has fine actors. It is hard to see...more

Seabiscuit Review
by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 3/4)
SEABISCUIT, a story about a horse that's too small, a jockey that's too tall, a trainer that's too old and an owner that's too stupid to know he's attempting the impossible, is a movie that's too long and too sappy, but it manages to be fine...more

Seabiscuit Review
by Josh Gilchrist (Rating: 3.5/4)
There are films considered Oscar bait released each summer. Four of the Best Picture winners since 1992 have been released during the summer months. Naturally when one of these films approach I'm conflicted with feelings of eagerness and cynicism....more

Seabiscuit Review
by Susan Granger (Rating: 10/10)
Susan Granger's review of "Seabiscuit" (Universal Pictures/DreamWorks) "Seabiscuit" is one of the great American legends - and now there's a movie that does it justice. Narrated by historian David McCullough, it shows how - back in the 1930s in the...more

Seabiscuit Review
by Robin Clifford (Rating: B+)
In the 1930's three men, all lost souls to one degree or another, and a horse that nobody wanted made history and changed the way the world treats the underdog when they took the American horseracing world by storm. Helmer Gary Ross tells the story of...more
Seabiscuit Review
by Bob Bloom (Rating: 4/4)
SEABISCUIT (2003) 4 stars out of 4. Starring Tobey Maguire, Jeff Bridges, Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Banks, Gary Stevens and William H. Macy. Narrated by David McCullough. Director of Photography John Schartzman. Music by Randy Newman. Based on the book by...more
Seabiscuit Review
by Laura Clifford (Rating: B-)
Charles Howard (Jeff Bridges) was always interested in locomotion, moving from New York City to San Francisco to open a bicycle shop in the early 1900s. A fortuitous breakdown of a Stanley Steamer in front of his store got the man interested in the...more
Seabiscuit Review
by Jon Popick (Rating: 9/10)
Seabiscuit might be this year's version of Road to Perdition - a Christmas movie stuck in the summer, debuting too early in the season for Oscar voters to remember. Then again, Perdition was one of a handful of critically praised films (i.e., Minority...more
Seabiscuit Review
by Harvey S. Karten (Rating: B+)
Reviewed by: Harvey S. Karten Grade: B+ Universal Pictures/Dreamworks Pictures/Spyglass Ent Directed by: Gary Ross Written by: Gary Ross, book by Laura Hillenbrand Cast: Tobey Maguire, Jeff Bridges, Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Banks, William H. Macy, Gary...more