Review of Seabiscuit (2003) by Kerry O — 23 Dec 2008

Chris Cooper is always good. Tobey and Jeff round out the cast. Nicely done at an easy pace.

This review of Seabiscuit (2003) was written by Kerry O on 23 Dec 2008.

Seabiscuit has generally received positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Seabiscuit

Review of Seabiscuit (2003)

By Grant H (1,337) on 01 Aug 2014

I'm not much of a horse movie guy, but seabiscuit is a gem…

Read Review

Review of Seabiscuit (2003)

By Salman K (60) on 25 Jun 2013

Sadly this film only scratches the surface of one the best sports book ever written and one greatest stories sport has to offer…

Read Review

Review of Seabiscuit (2003)

By Robbie V (172) on 19 Aug 2016

An overrated film about a racehorse done in typical American sports movie style, so much so that you know what's gonna happen right from the start…

Read Review

Review of Seabiscuit (2003)

By Michael Sragow (1,413) for Baltimore Sun (1,823) on 28 Oct 2014

Seabiscuit revives the sweeping pleasures of movies that address and respect the mass audience, raising the common denominator instead of pandering…

Read Review

Review of Seabiscuit (2003)

By Dylan D (818) on 25 Jun 2013

Sadly this film only scratches the surface of one the best sports book ever written and one greatest stories sport has to offer…

Read Review

Review of Seabiscuit (2003)

By Tim M (3,013) on 12 Jul 2016

Seabiscuit is nothing short of an American Classic, and stands as one of the best, most uplifting films I have ever seen. The best picture of 2003…

Read Review

Review of Seabiscuit (2003)

By Abdulmalik A (303) on 12 Mar 2014

Tobey Maguire tries his best to shrink down to the size of a jockey in this story of a legendary horse from the Depression…

Read Review

Review of Seabiscuit (2003)

By Mihael_Prislin0 (27) on 07 Jan 2018

One of Jeff's best performances! This movie is so great on so many levels! The most touching soundtracks I've ever heard…

Read Review

Review of Seabiscuit (2003)

By Maitland Mcdonagh (2,150) for TV Guide Magazine (2,375) on 16 Nov 2013

The movie's secret weapons are its stellar cast, whose performances go a long way to ameliorating Ross's ham-fisted use of foreshadowing and…

Read Review

Review of Seabiscuit (2003)

By Hung-Ya L (416) on 16 Oct 2015

I do not normally fancy particularly inspiring movies but Seabiscuit is pretty good to watch…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Primal Fear (1996)

By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 04 Mar 1999

You'd get more of a jolt from Angela Lansbury on Murder, She Wrote and more intellectual stimulation from a cozy game of Clue…

Read Review

Review of Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

By Lenny M (222) on 16 Jan 2010

Ok alot of people like this movie , I don't get it ,, I saw the movie and I think it sucks really ha ha…

Read Review

Review of Jules and Jim (1962)

By Ninja-Sam K (4) on 09 Mar 2007

Found this incredibly dull. The only remotely standout moment was the War scene. Which was far too short…

Read Review

Review of American Psycho (2000)

By Chris Phillips (6) for Movieline (883) on 16 Apr 2001

Harron, thankfully, chooses to leave most of the carnage to our imaginations, but without any psychological backing for Patrick's bloody acts,…

Read Review

Review of The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)

By Mikel. (18) on 17 Jul 2009

This is the all-time worst movie I've ever seen (all the way through). Too long, too boring, too uninteresting…

Read Review

Review of Freedom Writers (2007)

By Teta T (4) on 04 Aug 2014

The moive is great!! I have learned alot from it since the first time I seen it…

Read Review

Review of The Last King of Scotland (2006)

By Stephanies. (5) on 19 Mar 2007

While Idi Amen degraded to the status of Dictator and maniacal murderer, this movie did little to establish the foundation for his rise to…

Read Review

Review of Gloomy Sunday (1999)

By Artur K (16) on 10 Mar 2009

I couldn't grasp the theme or for that matter even the message the director was trying to pass on…

Read Review

Review of La Chinoise (1967)

By Jim H (1,089) on 15 Mar 2011

So it's a satire…

Read Review

Review of Mississippi Burning (1988)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 02 Jan 2019

Unfortunately, the central narrative premise of Mississippi Burning sets up the FBI as the sole heroic defender of the victims of southern…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

The Invitation

2022

47%33 Reviews

Mad Max: Fury Road

2015

83%1,378 Reviews

Avengers: Endgame

2019

86%432 Reviews

Dark Waters

2019

76%68 Reviews

Talk to Me

2023

74%83 Reviews

Nope

2022

68%181 Reviews

Fifty Shades of Grey

2015

43%1,173 Reviews

Blade Runner 2049

2017

80%2,332 Reviews

Godzilla vs. Kong

2021

66%184 Reviews

Midsommar

2019

69%207 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Seabiscuit

2003

72%628 Reviews

The Lady Is Willing

1942

65%2 Reviews

Art & Copy

2009

66%12 Reviews

Leviathan

2013

69%58 Reviews

Warm Bodies

2013

67%961 Reviews

Manticore

2005

32%9 Reviews

RED

2010

67%865 Reviews

Now and Then

1995

67%454 Reviews

In the Army Now

1994

47%282 Reviews

Married Life

2008

59%406 Reviews