Rotten
Respectable when it should be thrilling, honorable when it should be rough and ready.
Todd McCarthy, Variety
Seabiscuit
The hopes of a nation rode on a long shot.
2003 · 2h 21m · PG-13
Drama, History
Directed by
Gary Ross
Overview
True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation.
Director and cast
- Gary Ross Director
- Tobey Maguire as Red Pollard
- David McCullough as Narrator
- Jeff Bridges as Charles Howard
- Chris Cooper as Tom Smith
- Elizabeth Banks as Marcela Howard
- Gary L. Stevens as George Woolf
- Eddie Jones as Samuel D. Riddle
- William H. Macy as Tick Tock McGlaughlin
- Royce D. Applegate as Dutch Doogan
- Chris McCarron as Charley Kurtsinger
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
77%
Tomatometer
Fresh
[It] may be too airbrushed for its own good, but in the end nothing can stop this story from putting a lump in your throat.
David Ansen, Newsweek
Rotten
I found this film stultifyingly self-important and, despite the regularity with which it cuts to the chase, weirdly static.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Rotten
For a film about an unfancied underdog, Seabiscuit is just far too pleased with itself.
Trevor Johnston, Time Out
Rotten
Watching this movie, you get the feeling that the Depression existed so that Seabiscuit could be memorialized.
Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture
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