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Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

2002

Kelly Asbury, Lorna Cook

Animation, Voice: Matt Damon, James Cromwell, Chopper Bernet ...

6.3

11,317

Animation. Adventure. Kids. Western A wild stallion is captured by humans and slowly loses the will to resist training. Yet throughout his struggles for freedom, the stallion refuses to let go of the hope of one day returning home to his herd.

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"'Spirit' is more pure and direct than most of the stories we see in animation--a fable I suspect younger viewers will strongly identify with (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Desson Thomson The Washington Post	"The movie's big action scenes, at times, make you forget you're even watching animation"	POS
United States	Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"An animated fairy tale made with simple, elegant conviction"	POS
United States	Claudia Puig USA Today	"A poetic and lovely tale, told as a silent picture with music and narration, about a mustang living an idyllic existence in the prairies of the Old West (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"Despite its good intentions, Spirit is more self-conscious and uninspiring from a dramatic point of view than one might have wished."	NEU
United States	Loren King Chicago Tribune	"A welcome family film that extols noble values and offers first-class animation"	POS
United States	Mick LaSalle SFGATE	"The makers of 'Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron' had a great idea, but they screwed it up (...) A mishmash that is sometimes moving, sometimes absurd and most of the time just oddly off balance."	NEU
United States	Dave Kehr The New York Times	"'Spirit' provides neither the profound human touch of the great Disney animation of the past, nor the dazzling, high-tech fun of present-day digital cartooning"	NEG

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