Seabiscuit Reviews

I had thought it was FDR, rather than Seabiscuit, that pulled America up from the depths of depression.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5

Likable but hopelessly folksy.

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A handsome, respectful, beautifully designed film, and the acting is splendid, but a number of factors keep Seabiscuit from greatness.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

A bloated, slow bore. And I'm being kind.

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Respectable when it should be thrilling, honorable when it should be rough and ready.

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You're better off with the PBS documentary, which gets the story straight at barely one-third the length.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

I found this film stultifyingly self-important and, despite the regularity with which it cuts to the chase, weirdly static.

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The only truly striking performance is the hilarious turn by the invaluable William H. Macy...it comes as a blessed relief from the otherwise draggy proceedings.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4

For a film about an unfancied underdog, Seabiscuit is just far too pleased with itself.

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Striving to affirm Seabiscuit's historic impact, Ross misses the joy of Seabiscuit's history.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

My mother always says if you don't have anything nice to say...blame the director.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5

For all its promise and hype, "Seabiscuit" is unfortunately little more than a sugar cube of good intentions undermined by a saccharine aftertaste.

Full Review | Original Score: C

With a cast, a fillmaker and a story as inspirational as this, Seabiscuit should have either flown out of the gate or come charging late in the stretch rather than constantly waiting to make its move in the middle of the pack.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4

Every time [William H. Macy] appears on screen, and only when he appears on screen, 'Seabiscuit' comes genuinely and delightfully alive.

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A bloated inspirational story.

Full Review | Original Score: C+

There's no escaping the fact while watching it that we're essentially watching the story of an icon founded out of PR hype.

Full Review | Original Score: 43/100

Beautiful, but kinda dumbly obvious. Maguire does solid work, but Ross's heavy handedness is crushing.

Full Review | Original Score: 66/100

A direção maniqueísta de Ross, a trilha sentimentalóide de Randy Newman e o roteiro repleto de clichês derrubam a boa história.

| Original Score: 3/5

Despite the mugging from Macy and sparks of genuine turmoil generated by the ever-surprising Maguire, there isn't a spontaneous moment in the whole picture.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

You get the feeling Ross doesn't want to entertain us so much as make us better human beings.

| Original Score: 2.5/4

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