VeteranLight I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Cooktopi The acting in this movie is really good.

Blake Rivera If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

Deanna There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

SnoopyStyle Black Beauty (Alan Cumming) recounts his turbulent life with various owners as he finally found peace in a pasture. He was born and cared for by Farmer Grey (Sean Bean). At age 3, he is sent to Birtwick Park. His mistress Lady Gordon is ill and gives him the name Black Beauty. He is treat well by stable master John Manly (Jim Carter) and his incompetent nephew Joe. He is taken with spirited mare Ginger and befriends the smart pony Merrylegs. After Lady Gordon's death, Beauty and Ginger are sold to the cruel, pompous Lady of Wexmire at Earlshall Park. They are painful-bounded to pull her carriage. Ginger struggles with the pain and bolts. This leaves Beauty damaged. The bad treatment continues until Lord Wexmire sells him to become a rent horse under even worst conditions. He is sold once more to London taxi driver Jerry Barker (David Thewlis). It's tough work but Jerry treats him well. He sees Ginger again but she's little more than skin and bones before her death. Jerry gets sick from a freezing night and can no longer work. Beauty is sold again and forced to spend the last of his energy hauling grain. Beauty has nothing left and is on the auction blocks again but this time, he is rescued by Joe.The narration is weird. It gives the horse Black Beauty humanity but none of the other animals have their voices. It's feels like an old-time Disney movie gone amok. What does interest me is to treat this story almost like a slave who gets sold over and over again. The ups and downs of the various cruel and humane owners are intriguing. This ends up being a tear-jerker if you're an animal lover although it could annoy the hell out of you.

L Sunaverse I had heard of the novel but was not familiar with the actual story and didn't know it was about a horse's life from his perspective. It is beautifully and authentically shot, and has neither contrived animal cuteness nor a plot with contrived drama and sentimentality. Rather, you see the animals in their natural beauty as well as in difficult situations that you are made to see from their perspective. Horse life is shown in its raw state, both the exhilaration and the brutality. I about balled my eyes out on this film. If you don't at least choke up a little, you may need to pinch yourself to see if you're alive. I did have some good laughs too. Honestly I don't know how they got many of the animal shots.

zyper3 I loved the movie! I'm a big horse lover. A very good movie for anyone that likes horses. It was a very nice story told from the horses point of view. The music and the scenery were both beautiful. This is a movie for all ages that captivates the young and the old. If this movie was made in Hollywood they would some how find a way to ruin it but instead was made in England. The English always seem to make nice movies like this without over doing it. The movie as one would expect does not have a lot of action sequences to it. Instead the movie relies on good story telling supported with excellent acting. The scenes with the English county side are beautiful. I would watch again and recommend it to all.

tmpj The performances have a reverent authenticity in this screen adaptation of the classic Anna Sewell novel. There are other screen versions of this film ( possibly some of them yet to come), but this is the only one I have seen thus far, and I found it to be enlightening. While not completely faithful to the book ( possibly due to time and attention constraints), it does a respectable job of giving us the story from the horse's P.O.V., and I think it's probably easier for an animal to get inside of the head of a human than for a human to truly get inside of the mind of the animal--at least in life terms--but this is a very watchable movie. Some of you may want to have hankies and buckets at hand...it can be a tear-jerker at moments. I delayed watching the film because, sometimes, if it's told from the human perspective, it can get pretty mushy and sentimental...but this one is rather balanced, trying more to get the points and morals across than using sentiment as a weapon or a shield. I recommend it for the entire family.