The Derby Stallion

2005

Drama

6
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 65% · 2 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 65% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.4/10 10 1230 1.2K

Plot summary

An alcoholic former horse-trainer perceives in a fifteen-year-old boy a unique gift of horsemanship and makes it possible for the boy to conceive his dream and pursue it.


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Zac Efron as Patrick McCardle
William R. Moses as Jim McCardle
Bill Cobbs as Houston Jones
Crystal Hunt as Jill Overton
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by sybalkit 5 / 10

been there

I was on the set - even an extra - no I did not get paid - but the story is good and the actors are great. It's a movie folks. All the people behind the scenes worked hard, as well as all of the actors. And yes, Rusty is Rusty in all of the scenes. Contact Zion Farms if you do not believe me. And yes, the actors rode the horses as well. I heard that the main actors cowboy'ed the horses better than those of us who never rode horses before. It's a feel good movie - don't dissect it. Enjoy it. Three Billy's - how can you go wrong - sorry that Billy Preston could only be there for a short bit - but he wasn't feeling well.

Reviewed by bkoganbing 6 / 10

The Karate Kid on a jumping horse

One of Zac Efron's earliest films before he became a Disney "it" boy through the High School Musical series was this film which casts him as a would be baseball player who likes horses. It's with horses that his passion lies much to the disappointment of his coach and father William R. Moses. When he gets beaned in a pickup game he clearly has not got his head in the game.

The Derby Stallion is a nice film though some I'm sure will notice that this is a horseback version of The Karate Kid. Efron forms a friendship with old retired trainer Bill Cobbs who used to train all kinds of horses and even has bought a horse from a rich landowner who was getting rid of him anyway as the horse did not live up to promise. But i's possible he did not get the right training or rider.

Cobbs is the Mr. Miyagi (Patrick Morita) part. The villain or William Zabka role belongs to Michael Nardelli a spoiled rich kid whose father was the one who gave up on the horse Cobbs trains and Efron rides.

The Derby Stallion is a nice family film even though the makers of The Karate Kid could sue.

Reviewed by boblipton 5 / 10

This Is What This Sort Of Movie Looks Like

Alcoholic horse trainer Bill Cobbs sees a great steeplechase rider in the unmotivated Zach Efron and trains him for the local derby.

It's the same sort of movie that has been made at least a couple of hundred times. It's filled with many of the incidents, like death, uncertain parents, the competitor who cheats, the decision not to compete, the last minute change of heart, et c. Etc. Clearly this is inended for the Young Adult market, the kids who have never seen any of these before. So it can be assessed pretty much on a checklist. The performances are good, especially Cobbs, one of those "plant your feet, look the other guy in the eye, and tell the truth" performers Visually it's a mix of ridiculous set design -- I've never seen stables that pristine, and I helped build one --and the camerawork is okay. It's one of those movies where you know exactly what is going to happen, and that's ok.

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