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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
US Box Office: $73,215,310
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... 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 hand-drawn and computer-generated animation. Opening with an impressive bird's eye pan of the Grand Canyon, from the viewpoint of an eagle, SPIRIT captures the unspoiled beauty of the land. The animals in this particular animated film do not talk, and Matt Damon provides effective, sparse narration from the perspective of Spirit, an adventurous young stallion who is captured by the U.S. Army. But Spirit will not let the soldiers saddle and ride him. An authoritarian colonel (voiced by James Cromwell) is determined to break Spirit, at one point starving the horse to weaken him. A Lakota prisoner, Little Creek (voiced by Daniel Studi) is impressed with the horse, and helps him to escape. Little Creek can't break the horse either. But the two learn to respect each other, and Spirit meets Rain, Little Creek's horse, and falls in love. The score was written by Hans Zimmer, and Bryan Adams wrote and performed the sweet, simple songs on the soundtrack. SPIRIT is a great-looking and lovingly crafted children's film. [More]
Starring: Matt Damon, James Cromwell, Daniel Studi
Starring: Matt Damon, James Cromwell, Daniel Studi
Director: Lorna Cook, Kelly Asbury
Director: Lorna Cook, Kelly Asbury
Screenwriter: John Fusco
Producer: Mireille Soria, Jeffrey Katzenberg
Composer: Hans Zimmer
Studio: DreamWorks Distribution LLC
Reviews for Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
A breathtaking adventure for all ages, Spirit tells its poignant and uplifting story in a stunning fusion of music and images.
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
There's nothing thrilling or new about the work here, but accomplished it is.
Spirit is smarter than your average cartoon because it doesn't try to joke around with a host of annoying talking animals.
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.
There'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.
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.
It dares to do things a bit differently, and it does them generally quite well.
Sappy and manipulative; it's further weighed down by an overloaded, over-politically-correct script.
The film meant well in its horse tale about freedom, but wasn't able to reach the heart because it was too overbearing.
The only, and I repeat only, problem in this film is Bryan Adams. Fantastic character animation.
Plainspoken story about a horse in the Old West is simple, sincere and engaging for kids and adults.
An exciting and exquisitely rendered film in which the horse goes through as many adventures and perils as Indiana Jones on a good day.
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