Running Free (2000) Critic Reviews
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Based upon 7 Critic Reviews- Highest Rated
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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
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
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
It is aimed primarily at children, and its affectionate treatment of animals is certain to please most of them.Read the full review
Vacillates between cutesy Disney-style anthropomorphism and "Born Free" exoticism.Read the full review
It's just too soon after those silly talking dinosaurs to put up with any movie about a talking horse.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
