Secretariat (2010) (2010)

"...irresistible...  Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer
"...enjoyable...entertaining movie...  Manohla Dargis, New York Times
"...inspirational...  Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
"...thoroughly entertaining...  Richard Roeper, Richard Roeper.com
"...This whole movie feels authentic...  Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times

Editor's Note A housewife with little knowledge of horse-racing fosters one of the greatest race horses of all time as the story of the 1973 Triple Crown winner comes to the screen in this inspirational underdog drama based on the novel SECRETARIAT: THE MAKING OF A CHAMPION by William Nack and starring Diane Lane and John Malkovich. Penny Chenery (Lane) is a devoted mother and housewife whose ailing father is the proprietor of Meadow Stables in Virginia. When her father becomes too ill to tend to his horses, Penny agrees to take over the stables despite her inexperience. Desperate, she turns to veteran horse trainer Lucien Laurin (Malkovich) to help show her the ropes. Up to this point, horse racing has been a decidedly male-dominated sport. But with Lucien's help, Penny prepares to prove that gender has no bearing on one's ability to breed a fast race horse. As Secretariat blasts out of the gates to leave his competition in the dust, the whole world watches in amazement, and a legend is born.

	Dylan Walsh
	Dylan Baker
	Diane Lane
	John Malkovich
	Margo Martindale
	Wynn Reichert - Co-Star
	Nestor Serrano - Co-Star
	Forry Smith - Co-Star
	Fred Dalton Thompson - Co-Star
	Jennifer Trier - Co-Star
	Kevin Connolly - Co-Star
	James Cromwell - Co-Star
	Scott Glenn - Co-Star
	Paul Lombardi - Special Effects Supervisor
	Dean Semler - Director of Photography
	Nick Glennie-Smith - Composer
	Freddie Hice - Stunt Coordinator
	Bill Johnson - Production Manager/UPM
	Mark Jan Wlodarkiewicz - Music Editor
	Kim Winther - Assistant Director
	Pixel Magic - Visual Effects Designer
	Mike Rich - Screenwriter
	Susan McNamara - Production Manager/UPM
	Patrick Cassidy - Set Decorator
	Benjamin Cook - Sound
	Richard Redlefsen - Makeup Designer
	Rusty Hendrickson - Stunt Coordinator
	Michael Ahasay - Special Effects
	William Kennedy - Special Effects
	Beth Miller - Hairstylist
	William Nack - Source Writer
	Melizah Anguiano-Schmidt - Makeup
	Dan Sokolowski - Special Effects
	Michael Boyd - Co-Star
	Richard Fullerton - Co-Star
	Graham McTavish - Co-Star
	Ken Strunk - Co-Star
	Tim Ware - Co-Star
	Mike Harding - Co-Star
	Kate Ward - Co-Star
	Rusty Hendrickson - Co-Star
	Hank Goldberg - Co-Star
	Nelsan Ellis - Co-Star
	Eric Lange - Co-Star
	Tony Renaud - Co-Star
	Tom Clark - Co-Star
	Michael Mills - Co-Star
	Carissa Capobianco - Co-Star
	AJ Michalka - Co-Star
	Otto Thorwarth - Co-Star
	William Nack - Co-Star
	Drew Roy - Co-Star
	Joe Chrest - Co-Star
	Keith Austin - Co-Star
	Sean Cunningham - Co-Star
	Jacob Rhodes - Co-Star
	Tom Foley - Co-Star
	Grant Whitacre - Co-Star
	Jazz Undy - Co-Star
	Michael Guthrie - Co-Star
	Cullen Wallace - Co-Star
	Mike Battaglia - Co-Star
	Tim Layden - Co-Star
	Pamela Pryor - Co-Star
	Andrew Wallace - Co-Star
	Albert Duhon - Co-Star
	Audrey Scott - Co-Star
	Salid Parker - Co-Star
	Jason Schwartz - Co-Star
	Reid Cherner - Co-Star
	Dick Jerardi - Co-Star
	John McClain - Co-Star
	Jay Privman - Co-Star
	Randall Wallace - Director

Hollywood Reporter
"Lane, in a series of wigs to portray the blond Penny Tweedy, holds the film together with a sturdy performance that suggests, in moments, a mystical connection between horse and owner." 10/03/2010

Box Office
4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]his thrilling and inspiring entertainment about the legendary, 1973 Triple Crown winning horse should have audiences standing up and cheering." 10/05/2010

Variety
"Lane projects the combo of homespun warmth and steely determination that has always been intrinsic to her screen appeal. Of the sterling supporting thesps, Cromwell is a subtle standout..." 10/03/2010

Los Angeles Times
"[With] a strong and satisfying performance by Diane Lane....She is an actress with an instinct for honesty, someone incapable of false moves, and her restrained focused, performance as Chenery is a graceful stabilizing force here." 10/08/2010

Chicago Sun-Times
4 stars out of 4 -- "It is a great film about greatness, the story of the horse and the no less brave woman who had faith in him." 10/06/2009

Movieline
"[SECRETARIAT] actually captures some of the thrill of racing. Wallace and cinematographer Dean Semler film each race of the Triple Crown distinctively and cleverly..." 10/08/2010

Wall Street Journal
3 stars out of 4 -- "With this stirring, thoroughly entertaining movie, director Randall Wallace has achieved the next to impossible, injecting genuine tension and suspense into a narrative we all know the ending to." 10/08/2010

Entertainment Weekly
"It uses a fantastic gospel anthem to stoke our feelings, the Edwin Hawkins Singers' 1969 rendition of 'Oh Happy Day'....That song, with its funky-sublime syncopation, its waves of lordly joy, makes us feel that, yes, Secretariat really was a miracle horse..." 10/08/2010

Denver Post 8 of 10
...Secretariat earns its best accolades for asking even larger questions as it highlights the story not just of a terrific horse but of his greatest champion, owner Penny Chenery, portrayed with grace, edge and a growing sense of self by Diane Lane.... - Lisa Kennedy

New York Observer 8 of 10
...This is one terrific movie about one terrific horse. It enthralls on so many levels-emotional, cinematic, historic... - Rex Reed

Chicago Sun-Times 10 of 10
...It is a great film about greatness, the story of the horse and the no less brave woman who had faith in him... - Roger Ebert