Solemplex To me, this movie is perfection.

Steineded How sad is this?

Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

ztwise_3 Based on a true story, this journey begins in South Dakota in 1917. Will Stoneman is a 17 year old young man who loses his father. Will is left with devastated until one morning he notices a flyer of the Carnival Derby (a dog sled race from Winnipeg, Canada to St. Paul Minnesota) in which his father was thinking of competing. After getting his mother, Maggie Stoneman, to comply, she gets Ned Dodd, an Indian who lives with the family, to get Will straight into training. Once Will arrives to the competition, he is greeted with a ridicule of laughter, yet do they know how bad he wants to win. Will that be enough to get Will from the beginning to end of the race and win, in one piece through the meanest, toughest stretch of land, and weather conditions that he has yet to embark on?

Kelsey Marks This film, among other dog films, is one of my favorite. Not only does it tell how a boy rushes to save his family farm by entering a race that could kill him, he learns the value of trusting his dogs and that not everything is impossible. Against all odds, Will makes it through the race and wins. He is not only faced with the wilderness, but those other racers that are threatened by him. This is a movie purely of selflessness and courage. The scenes are fantastic and it is a very enjoyable movie that everyone should own. I find that all the movies that have the most meaning and that teach us the most, are those about true stories and are usually about dogs or horses. It is always a good choice in movie if it is based on a true story because those who write, and those who watch, these films are honoring those who actually did the feat and respect them for what they did.

aesgaard41 I don't watch a lot of Disney's live action movies because the majority of them can be broken down to the same plot, but Iron Will is worth watching because it's supposed to be based on a true story. It has great strength and determination and explores the extent of the human spirit as well as pride the USA once had in its heroes. A young hero, Mackenzie Astin, formerly of the "Facts of Life" series, against all odds, both human and natural, somehow wins a snow sled race and becomes a man in the process. Like I said, typical Disney fare, but this movie tells that story much more strongly and directly than any other Disney version. I'd play this movie to teach my kids some values.

helpless_dancer No surprises here as a young man overcomes prejudice, harsh weather, and evil men and their henchmen as he attempts to win a big sled race. All this so he can save the family farm and have enough money to go to college. Interesting, but this ground has been plowed many times before. Lots of chills and thrills.