Drama

Secretariat

- The Impossible True Story

Housewife and mother Penny Chenery agrees to take over her ailing father's Virginia-based Meadow Stables, despite her lack of horse-racing knowledge. Against all odds, Chenery - with the help of veteran trainer Lucien Laurin - manages to navigate the male-dominated business, ultimately fostering the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years.

Release Date : 2010-08-20

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Walt Disney PicturesFast Track ProductionsMayhem Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Penny Chenery

Original Name : Diane Lane

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lucien Laurin

Original Name : John Malkovich

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chris Chenery

Original Name : Scott Glenn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jack Tweedy

Original Name : Dylan Walsh

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bull Hancock

Original Name : Fred Thompson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Miss Ham

Original Name : Margo Martindale

Gender : Female

Character Name : Eddie Sweat

Original Name : Nelsan Ellis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ogden Phipps

Original Name : James Cromwell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ronnie Turcotte

Original Name : Otto Thorwarth

Gender : Male

Character Name : E.V. Benjamin

Original Name : Michael Harding

Gender : Male

Character Name : Robert Kleburg

Original Name : Richard Fullerton

Gender : Male

Character Name : John Galbreath

Original Name : Tim Ware

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pancho Martin

Original Name : Nestor Serrano

Gender : Male

Character Name : Laffit Pincay

Original Name : Keith Austin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bill Nack

Original Name : Kevin Connolly

Gender : Male

Character Name : Andy Beyer

Original Name : Eric Lange

Gender : Male

Character Name : Seth Hancock

Original Name : Drew Roy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sarah Tweedy

Original Name : Carissa Capobianco

Gender : Female

Character Name : Kate Tweedy

Original Name : AJ Michalka

Gender : Female

Character Name : Chris Tweedy

Original Name : Sean Michael Cunningham

Gender : Male

Character Name : John Tweedy

Original Name : Jacob Rhodes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hollis Chenery

Original Name : Dylan Baker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Earl Jansen

Original Name : Graham McTavish

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Manuel Gilman

Original Name : Ken Strunk

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pastor

Original Name : Wynn Reichert

Gender : Male

Character Name : Penny, age 6

Original Name : Audrey P. Scott

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sports Broadcaster

Original Name : Joe Chrest

Gender : Male

Reviews

Andres Gomez

@tanty

2021-06-23

Quite decent story telling. Not too big pretensions and nice performance from a well chosen cast. The story is quite stereotypical but it is well done.

r96sk

@r96sk

2021-06-23

I thoroughly enjoyed the performances of Diane Lane and John Malkovich, the film itself may not match those two but it still makes for a pleasant time. This is another sports drama from Disney and another film about horses, of which they have been a fair amount down the decades from the studio. It fails to reach the (very) high levels of 1976's 'The Littlest Horse Thieves' and 1991's 'Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken'. However, with that noted, 'Secretariat' still produces a fine time. Lane and Malkovich are very good together, Lane particularly stands out. Margo Martindale is involved once more, playing a sweet and lovely character as she always does - she's perfect for those roles. Nice to see James Cromwell, also. The cinematography is solid, as is the pacing of events. It does feel a little light of serious story at times, but that's hard to avoid when you're dealing with something as interesting but repetitive as horse racing. In the end, it's a nice story about Secretariat and Penny Chenery.