Back home

Secretariat

626 votes

Producing House

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.

movie

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

Reviews

r

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 <em>'The Littlest Horse Thieves'</em> and 1991's <em>'Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken'</em>. However, with that noted, <em>'Secretariat'</em> 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

t

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

Recommendations

Fat Chance
2.9

Fat Chance

2016-10-22

Alison, an overweight dental assistant, is challenged to find her self-worth when she falls into an

Cómplices
1

Cómplices

2020-11-02

Shinran, Part II
0

Shinran, Part II

1960-09-27

Continuation of the biographical film about the monk Shinran, based on the novel by Eiji Yoshikawa.

To Err
4

To Err

2023-10-06

237 years after mankind's extinction, an android longs for a past it can never experience.

Amadeus
4

Amadeus

1984-09-19

Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the

Capote
3.5

Capote

2005-09-30

A biopic of writer Truman Capote and his assignment for The New Yorker to write the non-fiction book

Finding Fatima
0

Finding Fatima

2010-10-01

Explores the story of three children who claimed to have witnessed visitations of the Virgin Mary in

Manhattan
3.9

Manhattan

1979-04-25

Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further

Together
3.5

Together

2000-08-25

Elisabeth leaves her abusive and drunken husband Rolf, and goes to live with her brother, Göran. The

The Last Emperor
3.8

The Last Emperor

1987-10-04

A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign

Murder at the Gallop
3.5

Murder at the Gallop

1963-05-09

Miss Marple and Mr. Stringer are witnesses to the death by heart attack of elderly, rich Mr. Enderby

GoodFellas
4.2

GoodFellas

1990-09-12

The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourho

Walk the Line
3.7

Walk the Line

2005-09-13

A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton fa

Taxi Driver
4.1

Taxi Driver

1976-02-09

Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunti

Breaking the Waves
3.8

Breaking the Waves

1996-07-05

In a small, conservative Scottish village, an oilman is paralyzed in an accident. His wife, who pray

Braveheart
4

Braveheart

1995-05-24

Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Walla

Hotel Rwanda
3.9

Hotel Rwanda

2004-12-22

Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsi

Boys Don't Cry
3.7

Boys Don't Cry

1999-09-02

A young transgender man explores his gender identity and searches for love in rural Nebraska.

Bed and Board
3.5

Bed and Board

1970-09-09

Parisian everyman Antoine Doinel has married his sweetheart Christine Darbon, and the newlyweds have

Love on the Run
3.5

Love on the Run

1979-01-24

Now in his thirties, Antoine Doinel is a divorced proofreader in love with a record seller. Colette