61
Metascore
36 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangConventional but rousingly effective picture.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttAn engaging sports movie about the greatest racehorse ever and his female owner who literally bets the farm on his supremacy.
- 80Boxoffice MagazinePete HammondBoxoffice MagazinePete HammondParticularly impressive is veteran cinematographer Dean Semler's inventive cinematography that manages to put the audience right in the middle of the races like never before.
- 67Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThis pleasantly rote movie will rouse you.
- 67Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenA conventional story, conventionally told.
- 63ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliThe story as a whole seems stale and overly familiar.
- 60Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfLane, experiencing her career heyday, is sweet enough to have you rooting for her, even if her journey to the winner's circle is an odds-on favorite.
- 58Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallTampa Bay TimesSteve PersallIt's Lane who's saddled with dragging this nag over the finish line, with her cliched portrayal of another single-minded woman beating men at their own game.
- 50Orlando SentinelRoger MooreOrlando SentinelRoger MooreA well-acted tale of an underdog's triumph that sorely lacks an underdog, it teeters between pleasantly generic film biography and rank manipulation.