Gorgeous and plenty exciting, but overcooked with corny narration and an endless barrage of Bryan Adams songs telling us how to feel at every moment.
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12/30/06
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)
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Reviews Counted:125
Fresh:86
Rotten:39
Average Rating:6.4/10
Consensus: A visually stunning film that may be too predictable and politically correct for adults, but should serve children well.
Runtime: 83 mins
Genre: Childrens
Synopsis: SPIRIT: STALLION OF THE CIMARRON is a refreshingly old-fashioned and gentle tale of a mustang stallion struggling to remain free in the old West. The film is a seamless blend of traditional... [More]
Starring: Matt Damon, James Cromwell, Daniel Studi
Director: Lorna Cook, Kelly Asbury
Reviews for Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Top CriticThere's not much of a story, the whole thing's a bit superficial, and there's little to laugh at, but it's still a refreshing change from the norm.
06/24/06
Top CriticIt's drained of life in an attempt to be sober and educational, and yet it's so devoid of realism that its lack of whistles and bells just makes it obnoxious and stiff.
07/16/02
The dismal middleweight power-ballads served up by Bryan Adams could be described as balls-aching...
07/11/02
Top Critic'Neigh, neigh and thrice neigh.'
07/04/02
DreamWorks is to be commended for attempting to develop a form that, with the inauguration of the Oscar for best animated feature, can only benefit from such tinkering.
07/01/02
Top CriticThe animation is breathtakingly beautiful, and the story isn't bad at all. But the film is so infused with its own self-importance that it will annoy adults immediately.
06/16/02
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04/29/09
Spirit: Stallion Of the Cimmaron, which and is technically Dreamworks' first animated film since the monster CGI hit Shrek, as a hand-drawn film has quite a bit to live up to, but succeeds admirably at finding the heart that is often missing from technica
07/02/08
There's nothing thrilling or new about the work here, but accomplished it is.
06/11/08
Top CriticSpirit is smarter than your average cartoon because it doesn't try to joke around with a host of annoying talking animals.
12/26/07
There are genuine moments of beauty in Spirit -- visually and emotionally speaking -- but ultimately they aren't worth the price of suffering through the extraneous material that too often sullies the picture.
12/06/05
A welcome, entertaining, and fun ride.
02/01/04
...[a] genuinely thrilling movie that's appropriate for all ages.
08/01/03
It dares to do things a bit differently, and it does them generally quite well.
07/28/03
A worthy, if dull addition to the studio's animated works.
04/16/03
Sappy and manipulative; it's further weighed down by an overloaded, over-politically-correct script.
03/23/03
...A bland but pleasing animated horse story...
02/08/03
I really wish I liked Spirit better.
01/07/03
The film meant well in its horse tale about freedom, but wasn't able to reach the heart because it was too overbearing.
12/25/02
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