Black Beauty

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Unable to rein in the complexities of its source material, Black Beauty struggles to gallop out of the paddock.

48%

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Movie Info

In this modern day reimagining of Anna Sewell's timeless classic, we follow Black Beauty, a wild horse born free in the American West. Rounded up and taken away from her family, Beauty is brought to Birtwick Stables where she meets a spirited teenage girl, Jo Green. Beauty and Jo forge an unbreakable bond that carries Beauty through the different chapters, challenges, and adventures of her life.
  • Genre:
    drama
  • Original Language:
    English
  • Director:
    Ashley Avis
  • Producer:
    Jeremy Bolt, Genevieve Hofmeyr, Robert Kulzer
  • Writer:
    Ashley Avis
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  • Production Co:
    Moonlighting Films, Constantin Film Ltd., Bolt Pictures
  • Sound Mix:
    Dolby Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    Scope (2.35:1)

Cast & Crew

Mackenzie Foy
Jo Green
Kate Winslet
Black Beauty
Voice
Claire Forlani
Mrs. Winthrop
Iain Glen
John Manly
Hakeem Kae-Kazim
Terry
Matt Rippy
Henry Gordon
Fern Deacon
Georgina Winthrop
Calam Lynch
George Winthrop
Patrick Lyster
Mr. Winthorp
Ashley Avis
Director
Ashley Avis
Screenwriter
Jeremy Bolt
Producer
Genevieve Hofmeyr
Producer
Robert Kulzer
Producer
Martin Moszkowicz
Executive Producer
Edward Winters
Executive Producer
Jon Brown
Executive Producer
David Procter
Cinematographer
Ashley Avis
Film Editor
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Critic Reviews for Black Beauty

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  • To those whose bedroom walls were never adorned with photographs of wild, galloping herds, Black Beauty reads as pretty, but emotionally vacant.

    December 5, 2020 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

    Clarisse Loughrey

    Independent (UK)

  • If you can edge thoughts of sacrilege from your head, this Black Beauty works well enough as a bank holiday entertainment in the style of mid-20th century Disney television.

    December 3, 2020 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

    Donald Clarke

    Irish Times

  • It's ultimately too inert, even with the changes, to make this familiar story leap off the page. Black Beauty isn't bad, exactly, but rather the kind of flavorless fare that underscores how hard really good family viewing is to corral.

    November 30, 2020 | Full Review…

    Brian Lowry

    CNN.com

  • Anna Sewell's children's classic is given a radical Disney overhaul with mostly pleasing results.

    November 29, 2020 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

    Kevin Maher

    Times (UK)

  • This might just be the wish of a former horse rider, but I'd much rather spend more time with Black Beauty than with Jo or any of the other human characters in her path.

    November 27, 2020 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…

    Monica Castillo

    RogerEbert.com

  • A sonorously well-meaning film that bathes everything in the bland, buttery sunlight that Disney always produces and in which the human performances are as opaque as the ones given by the horses.

    November 27, 2020 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

    Peter Bradshaw

    Guardian
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