A housewife with little knowledge of horse-racing fosters one of the greatest race horses of all time as the story of the 1973 Triple Crown winner comes to the screen in this inspirational underdog drama based on the novel Secretariat: The Making of a Champion by William Nack and starring Diane Lane and John Malkovich. Penny Chenery (Lane) is a devoted mother and housewife whose ailing father is the proprietor of Meadow Stables in Virginia. When her father becomes too ill to tend to his horses, Penny...more
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Kudos to you, rich white lady with the superhorse.
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Horses for Jesus!
61 out of 100 Metascore®
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OK for kids 8+
Most Excellent Film by Tkarolynn I truly enjoyed Secretariat and would highly recommend this film to everybody. Secretariat was truly one of God's most amazing creations.
Great right up until its just about over by hntr51 A very good story, if not overly syrupy (this is a Disney movie). The writing and acting were strong by all and if not for the last 2-5 minutes of the movie...
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