Review of Black Beauty (2020) by Robert Daniels for The New York Times — 27 Nov 2020
Avis loses the novel’s sincerity by watering down Sewell’s animal welfare plea. In this update, the humans are not as villainous. Beauty is not as prominent. And the novel’s mustang spirit diminishes into a ho-hum horse movie.
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This review of Black Beauty (2020) was written by Robert Daniels and published by The New York Times on 27 Nov 2020.
Black Beauty has generally received positive reviews.
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