Running Free (2000) Critic Reviews
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It's just too soon after those silly talking dinosaurs to put up with any movie about a talking horse.Read the full review
It is aimed primarily at children, and its affectionate treatment of animals is certain to please most of them.Read the full review
A stunner marred by its central figure, a colt named Lucky, having been voiced (by Lukas Haas). Piovani's score is lyrical and emotionally charged, and it goes a long way toward negating the effects of the voice-over narration we're asked to accept.Read the full review
I seem to be developing a rule about talking animals: They can talk if they're cartoons or Muppets, but not if they're real.Read the full review
Vacillates between cutesy Disney-style anthropomorphism and "Born Free" exoticism.Read the full review
A profoundly disappointing attempt to reinvigorate the animal movie genre with the classic ingredients of physical poetry and mythical storytelling.Read the full review
This may be the first talking-animal movie in which the critter hero seems to have been body-snatched by a commentator from C-SPAN.Read the full review
