Black Beauty

Name: Black Beauty
Genre: Drama, Family
Released: November 27, 2020
Duration: 110 min
Rating: 52
Cast: Bjorn Steinbach, Calam Lynch, Claire Forlani, David Sherwood, Deon Lotz

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Disney+ | Release Date (Streaming): November 27, 2020 | TV-PG

Starring: Bjorn Steinbach, Calam Lynch, Claire Forlani, David Sherwood, Deon Lotz, Fern Deacon, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Iain Glen, Kate Winslet, Mackenzie Foy, Matt Rippy, Max Raphael, Patrick Lyster

Summary: This modern day reimagining of Anna Sewell’s timeless classic, follows Black Beauty (voiced by Kate Winslet), a wild horse born free in the American West. Rounded up and taken away from her family, Beauty is brought to Birtwick Stables where she meets a spirited teenage girl, Jo Green (Mackenzie Foy). Beauty and Jo forge an unbreakable bondThis modern day reimagining of Anna Sewell’s timeless classic, follows Black Beauty (voiced by Kate Winslet), a wild horse born free in the American West. Rounded up and taken away from her family, Beauty is brought to Birtwick Stables where she meets a spirited teenage girl, Jo Green (Mackenzie Foy). Beauty and Jo forge an unbreakable bond that carries Beauty through the different chapters, challenges, and adventures of her life.… Expand

Director: Ashley Avis

Genre(s): Drama, Family

Rating: TV-PG

Runtime: 110 min

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Amy Amatangelo

Nov 23, 2020

An inspiring movie for young, old and everyone in between, I would be shocked if the movie’s final moments didn’t lead to a cathartic cry for every viewer. The beauty of this story is timeless. Read full review

Fionnuala Halligan

Nov 23, 2020

As Avis softly underlines, not everything has changed for man’s servants. And although we know the beats of this story, it’s a classic for a reason: Disney+’s Black Beauty gives a great yarn a good exercise. Read full review

IndieWire Kate Erbland

Nov 23, 2020

Sewell’s book has always been a better fit for piecemeal storytelling — the book itself is divided up by Beauty’s owners — and while Avis’ script does keep the relationship between Beauty and Jo at its center, that lends an uneven treatment to many of Beauty’s later adventures. Read full review

Brian Lowry

Nov 26, 2020

Black Beauty gives the original Victorian novel a significant makeover, a contemporary remake that relocates the story to the American West. The movie delivers a more pointed animal-rights message, but while its equine star fares well enough, the two-footed characters never really get out of the starting gate. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Monica Castillo

Nov 27, 2020

While much of this Black Beauty strays from the original, the spirit of empathy and combatting animal cruelty remain intact. Read full review

Robert Daniels

Nov 27, 2020

Avis loses the novel’s sincerity by watering down Sewell’s animal welfare plea. In this update, the humans are not as villainous. Beauty is not as prominent. And the novel’s mustang spirit diminishes into a ho-hum horse movie. Read full review

The Telegraph Robbie Collin

Nov 23, 2020

In a story that could have offered a parade of vivid character roles, only Foy and Glen really register: a kindly park ranger (Hakeem Kae-Kazim) deserved more screen time, while the various surly faces on the Manhattan carriage-toting scene are only thinly defined. Read full review

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tarekali

Dec 6, 2020

Black Beauty is a beautiful remake of an old classic. The power of love between human and animal is so well portrayed in this film. Cinematography is spectacular, and the story is really moving. The world is full of exploitation of living creatures, human and animal and plant, we could allBlack Beauty is a beautiful remake of an old classic. The power of love between human and animal is so well portrayed in this film. Cinematography is spectacular, and the story is really moving. The world is full of exploitation of living creatures, human and animal and plant, we could all use more kindness.… Expand

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Mauro_Lanari

Nov 28, 2020

(Mauro Lanari)
While pretending to sing the praises of the wild nature, the film tames her in a manipulative function. "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" (Pollack 1969).

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JLuis_001

Dec 5, 2020

I have the understanding that this is the sixth film adaptation of the 1877's book of the same title, and apparently there's even an animated version and a miniseries.

I guess the book has to be pretty good to achieve that or maybe too simplistic because this film is pretty inert most ofI have the understanding that this is the sixth film adaptation of the 1877's book of the same title, and apparently there's even an animated version and a miniseries.

I guess the book has to be pretty good to achieve that or maybe too simplistic because this film is pretty inert most of the time.

It's like A Dog's Purpose but with a horse, so that should give you an idea of the formula.

Its purpose is only to be another title to increase the Disney+ catalog… Expand

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robomartion

Jan 18, 2022

It is very much on the budget end of the Disney spectrum. It is void of a real storyline with very tacky writing and a ridiculous narration by the horse. It is a rude surprise going into this movie, with McKenzie Foy as the lead who was previously the lead for Nutcracker and the Four Realms,It is very much on the budget end of the Disney spectrum. It is void of a real storyline with very tacky writing and a ridiculous narration by the horse. It is a rude surprise going into this movie, with McKenzie Foy as the lead who was previously the lead for Nutcracker and the Four Realms, a tent-pole picture, when it is revealed that Black Beauty is really just a direct-to-video production. It clicks when Disney's usual castle introduction is not used and and instead the Disney logo is displayed above the Black Beauty title card. I think it is a missed opportunity as Mckenzie Foy and Black Beauty could potentially have made a much more substantial and valuable film. Other than a nice message (if hypocritical, considering they are keeping a once wild horse in a stable) about caring for animals and the human horse bond, this one can be missed.… Expand

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