The Impossible True Story
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.
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- r96skon TMDB · Nov 20207/10
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.
Read the whole review on TMDB - Andres Gomezon TMDB · Nov 20147/10
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.
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Cast
- Diane LanePenny Chenery
- John MalkovichLucien Laurin
- Scott GlennChris Chenery
- Dylan WalshJack Tweedy
- Fred ThompsonBull Hancock
- Margo MartindaleMiss Ham
- Nelsan EllisEddie Sweat
- James CromwellOgden Phipps
- Otto ThorwarthRonnie Turcotte
- Michael HardingE.V. Benjamin
Crew
- Randall WallaceDirector
- Mike RichScreenplay
- Dean SemlerDirector of Photography
- Nick Glennie-SmithOriginal Music Composer
- John WrightEditor
- Mark CiardiProducer
- Gordon GrayProducer
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