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Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)
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Reviews Counted:28
Fresh:22
Rotten:6
Average Rating:6.9/10
Consensus: A visually stunning film that may be too predictable and politically correct for adults, but should serve children well.
Theatrical Release:May 24, 2002 Wide
Box Office: $73,215,310
Synopsis: SPIRIT: STALLION OF THE CIMARRON is a refreshingly old-fashioned and gentle tale of a mustang stallion struggling to remain free in the old West. The film is a seamless blend of traditional... [More]
Starring: Matt Damon, James Cromwell, Daniel Studi
Director: Lorna Cook, Kelly Asbury
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Reviews for Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Top CriticSpirit is smarter than your average cartoon because it doesn't try to joke around with a host of annoying talking animals.
12/26/07
Top CriticAn exciting and exquisitely rendered film in which the horse goes through as many adventures and perils as Indiana Jones on a good day.
11/04/02
Top CriticA welcome family film that extols noble values and offers first-class animation.
07/20/02
Top CriticNo review available.
06/25/02
Top CriticAs animation increasingly emphasizes the computer and the cool, this is a film that takes a stand in favor of tradition and warmth.
05/24/02
Top CriticThe movie's big action scenes ... make you forget you're even watching animation.
05/24/02
Top CriticA ripping yarn with memorable characters.
05/24/02
Top CriticA movie that will touch the hearts of both children and adults, as well as bring audiences to the edge of their seats.
05/24/02
Top CriticIt is perhaps Spirit's greatest achievement that the horses upstage the human actors, but it's also its greatest weakness. The human characters have no depth or personality, but are rather completely forgettable, stiff stereotypes.
05/24/02
Top CriticA mishmash that is sometimes moving, sometimes absurd and most of the time just oddly off balance.
05/24/02
Top CriticA cartoon that's truly cinematic in scope, and a story that's compelling and heartfelt -- even if the heart belongs to a big, four-legged herbivore.
05/24/02
Top CriticNot quite as miraculous as its DreamWorks makers would have you believe, but it more than adequately fills the eyes and stirs the emotions.
05/24/02
Top CriticA strange, often intriguing animated film for children and young adults that takes a lot of chances and only occasionally stumbles.
05/24/02
Top CriticSpirit combines the hand-drawn artfulness of 2-D with computer-generated 3-D backdrops and effects so seamlessly that it's hard to tell what was done by man, what by mouse.
05/24/02
Top CriticUncluttered by comic supporting characters and cute sidekicks, Spirit is more pure and direct than most of the stories we see in animation -- a fable I suspect younger viewers will strongly identify with.
05/24/02
Top CriticA boring, wincingly cute and nauseatingly politically correct cartoon guaranteed to drive anyone much over age 4 screaming from the theater.
05/24/02
Top CriticFor decades we've marveled at Disney's rendering of water, snow, flames and shadows in a hand-drawn animated world. Prepare to marvel again.
05/23/02
Top CriticAs it stands, Spirit provides neither the profound human touch of the great Disney animation of the past, nor the dazzling, high-tech fun of present-day digital cartooning.
05/23/02
Top CriticOne of the season's most human films.
05/23/02
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