Secretariat (2010)

Here is another movie from last year where the horse is a hero with personality. As with most biopics, we know how this one ends. What is interesting is the beginning and the middle.

Diane Lane and John Malkovich are as unlikely a pair off screen as off. But in this case it totally works. I enjoyed their banter and mild battles. If the real people involved in this story are as interesting as they are portrayed, this is truly a story worth telling. Don't get me wrong, the horse's story along is worth telling.

There are several other familiar faces, new and old. Nelsan Ellis was my favorite. At one point in the movie the owner, Mrs. Tweedy, claims to be the voice of the horse. If that was true, then Ellis's character, Eddie Sweat, was his soul.

Watch this movie with someone who knows nothing about horse racing.