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Black Beauty (1994)
As a colt, Black Beauty has a relaxed life in the English countryside, owned by the kindly farmer Grey. When Black Beauty narrates the circle of his life, the fates of horses, and the people who own and command them, are revealed.
16 May 1965
14 March 1938, Stanmore, Middlesex, England, UK
28 September 1956, Nairobi, Kenya
30 April 1986, London, England, UK
12 January 1961, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England, UK
27 January 1965, Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland, UK
5 January 1935, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, England, UK
13 April 1951, Streatham, London, England, UK
7 December 1946, Birmingham, England, UK
17 November 1937, Shearbridge, Middle Warberry Road, Torquay, Devon, England, UK
10 February 1945, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
22 November 1979, Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK
7 December 1942, Liverpool, England, UK
17 July 1946, Annfield Plain, County Durham, England, UK
2 June 1951, Poplar, London, England, UK
22 September 1970, London, England, UK
17 December 1966, York, Yorkshire, England, UK
2 February 1948, England, UK
January 01, 2000
Four (or more) movie versions precede this latest cinematic incarnation of "Black Beauty," but none have managed to capture the spirit of the book as well.
February 09, 2006
Directing her first feature, screenwriter Caroline Thompson adopts a level-headed tone, avoiding the twin traps of sentimentality and sermonising.
January 01, 2000
Assuming a good picture is one that transcends its own material -- pulls in a variety of people with no special interest in the subject -- then "Black Beauty" is a lumbering candidate for the glue factory.
January 01, 2000
This Black Beauty, unlike earlier versions of the book, wisely follows Sewell's lead and concentrates instead on this generous, trusting horse and the consequences of its encounters with humanity.
January 02, 2011
A harrowing and Beauty-ful version of the book.
March 26, 2009
Although already filmed three times in the sound era, Black Beauty has never been put onscreen faithfully or well, a situation partially remedied by this affecting, rather grave rendition of the children's perennial.
May 21, 2003
This level of equine empathy takes getting used to, but it's worth the trouble. Ms. Thompson's film may be precious, but it's also rapturously pretty and filled with surprising passion.
August 20, 2002
A wonderful film that is true to the letter and the spirit of this classic children's story.
January 01, 2000
Stalwart, evocative and in every respect passable ...
July 29, 1994
Thompson, also making her directorial debut, is undaunted by would-be neigh-sayers.
January 01, 2000
It plays like a cross between New Age mysticism and anthropomorphism run amok.
