We live in a pretty rural part of the country and the “new” movies at the local movie theatre are sometimes not quite new by the time we get to see them. But, regardless of that, when the newspaper advertised “Secretariat” at the theatre, we knew we had to go.
My personal review of the movie was very favorable, primarily because I took my four year old daughter with me to see it. The movie was really refreshing from the standpoint that it was just a nice movie about a horse. It had some light drama – but you knew the horse wins in the end anyways, so it didn’t stress you too much! Like every movie nowadays seems to have, it had some politics mixed in – but it didn’t take sides or get preachy. All in all, the message was believe in yourself and those you care about – this horse was really fast!
Horses often provide an escape from cares and worries and just an opportunity to “be” and “enjoy”, this movie provided that same thing, which to me was the most fitting aspect of any movie – especially one about a horse.