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Secretariat

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Housewife and mother Penny Chenery agrees to take over her ailing father's Virginia-based Meadow Stables, despite her lack of horse-racing knowledge. Against all odds, Chenery - with the help of veteran trainer Lucien Laurin - manages to navigate the male-dominated business, ultimately fostering the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years.

Status: Released

Released Date: 2010-08-20

Runtime: 123 mins

Director: Randall Wallace

Spoken language: English

Genres: Drama

Original title: Secretariat

Production Companies: Walt Disney Pictures, Fast Track Productions, Mayhem Pictures

Production Countries: United States of America

Cast

Diane Lane

John Malkovich

Scott Glenn

Dylan Walsh

Fred Thompson

Margo Martindale

Nelsan Ellis

James Cromwell

Otto Thorwarth

Michael Harding

Richard Fullerton

Tim Ware

Nestor Serrano

Keith Austin

Reviews

r96sk

I thoroughly enjoyed the performances of Diane Lane and John Malkovich, the film itself may not match those two but it still makes for a pleasant time. This is another sports drama from Disney and another film about horses, of which they have been a fair amount down the decades from the studio. It fails to reach the (very) high levels of 1976's 'The Littlest Horse Thieves' and 1991's 'Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken'. However, with that noted, 'Secretariat' still produces a fine time. Lane and Malkovich are very good together, Lane particularly stands out. Margo Martindale is involved once more, playing a sweet and lovely character as she always does - she's perfect for those roles. Nice to see James Cromwell, also. The cinematography is solid, as is the pacing of events. It does feel a little light of serious story at times, but that's hard to avoid when you're dealing with something as interesting but repetitive as horse racing. In the end, it's a nice story about Secretariat and Penny Chenery.

2020-11-10

tanty

Quite decent story telling. Not too big pretensions and nice performance from a well chosen cast. The story is quite stereotypical but it is well done.

2014-11-24

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