This year’s summer movies offer little more than seen-it-before action sequences and soulless digital effects. Seabiscuit is the exception: a movie that takes its time, that understands the difference between Truth and historical accuracy, and that knows the best stories are more a matter of spirit than plot.
In Seabiscuit, no evil genius attempts to take over the world. No scientist pumps himself full of alien DNA. No disease wipes out 85% of the population.
In place of a car chase, there is a car accident (one that actually touches us, that has all the more impact because it takes place off-screen). Instead of the illusory depth of gimmicks like 3-D photography, the movie concerns itself with real depths: what drives us, what breaks our hearts, and what we need to be truly healed.
I won’t summarize plot or post a detailed review (for that, go here or here or here), but I will encourage you to see it. And go early — in Jackson, MS, the Friday noon showing was all but sold out.
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