Seabiscuit

Vietnam Investment Review, November, 2003

TIMEOUT RATING *****

Directed by Gary Ross

Starring Tobey Maguire, Jeff Bridges, Chris Cooper, William H Macy, Elizabeth Banks, Gary Stevens

Triumph of the will pursuit of the American dream, blah, blah, blah ... Perhaps key ingredients for an Oscar-winning epic, but in the case of racehorse drama Seabiscuit, what should lift your spirit only threatens to eject your lunch.

Director Gary Ross' adaptation of Laura Hillenbrand's best-selling book tells the true story of a bow-legged racehorse who rides to glory, championing the hopes of a nation mired deep in The Great Depression.

That symbolism also translates for The Biscuit's half-blind jockey, Red Pollard (Tobey Maguire), abandoned by his parents as a boy. The same goes for...