Penny Chenery
Diane Lane
Penny Chenery
Overview
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.
Cast
Lucien Laurin
John Malkovich
Lucien Laurin
Chris Chenery
Scott Glenn
Chris Chenery
Jack Tweedy
Dylan Walsh
Jack Tweedy
Bull Hancock
Fred Thompson
Bull Hancock
Miss Ham
Margo Martindale
Miss Ham
Eddie Sweat
Nelsan Ellis
Eddie Sweat
Ogden Phipps
James Cromwell
Ogden Phipps
Ronnie Turcotte
Otto Thorwarth
Ronnie Turcotte
E.V. Benjamin
Michael Harding
E.V. Benjamin
Robert Kleburg
Richard Fullerton
Robert Kleburg
John Galbreath
Tim Ware
John Galbreath
Reviews
Andres Gomez
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.
Read full reviewr96sk
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.
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