SECRETARIAT

Movie: Secretariat
Jan's Rating: 10
Time: 1 Hour 56 Minutes

Jan's Opinion: I saw this movie with cousin Bonnie and friend Patty yesterday and we all gave it a "10". I don't know about the rest of you but I can remember when Secretariat won the Triple Crown, which makes me older than dirt. What a great horse he was! His "family" actually called him Big Red but he needed a fancier name for horse racing. The owner had a secretary who was very loyal to him and his family and her name was Harriet so they came up with "Secretariat" after this lovely lady. The owner was old and feeble so his daughter (played beautifully by Diane Lane) took over the farm and brought it back to life by believing in "Big Red" and seeing him through all the races until he was the big winner. This wasn't easy since she lived in Denver and had a husband and 4 children to take care of so she did a lot of flying back and forth to also take care of her father's farm and stand up to the big guys in the male-dominated field of horse racing. John Malkovich was very entertaining as her trainer. It's a great movie, a true story, and you can even take your kids to see it!