Seabiscuit

"A yarn this handsome, heartwarming and thrilling can't lose."

"At once honest and yet sentimental, quiet and then thundering, heroic and then painfully truthful, Seabiscuit clicks."

"Ross restores the good name of crowd-pleasing."

"Hillenbrand's Seabiscuit is for the ages. Ross' version is designed to last only until the next Oscar season rolls around."

"A faithful, loving piece of work."

"Seabiscuit is a triumph."

"Seabiscuit will satisfy those who have read the book, and I imagine it will satisfy those like myself, who have not."

"Bright, uplifting adaptation of Laura Hillenbrand's runaway bestseller."

"A well-crafted assemblage of pathos and rousing moments, solidly acted and handsomely shot -- but it's far from champion material."

"Seabiscuit is a good movie, but it could have been a great one -- it just misses by a nose."

"A rare pedigreed entrant in a summer of mules."

"It squeezes out a victory by being as good a movie as it needs to be..."

"Seabiscuit grew out of a restless, populist strain in American culture. Seabiscuit, decorous to a fault, pays tribute to that spirit without partaking of it."

"A movie worthy of its unlikely yet glorious subject."

"Seabiscuit superficially and naively underscores the many trials and tribulations of its titular racehorse..."