Black Beauty

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Black Beauty

2020

1h 50m

Drama

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In this modern day reimagining of Anna Sewell's timeless classic, we follow Black Beauty, a wild horse born free in the American West. Rounded up and taken away from her family, Beauty is brought to Birtwick Stables where she meets a spirited teenage girl, Jo Green. Beauty and Jo forge an unbreakable bond that carries Beauty through the different chapters, challenges, and adventures of her life.

Critics Consensus

Unable to rein in the complexities of its source material, Black Beauty struggles to gallop out of the paddock.

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Clarisse Loughrey

Independent (UK)

To those whose bedroom walls were never adorned with photographs of wild, galloping herds, Black Beauty reads as pretty, but emotionally vacant.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 5, 2020

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Donald Clarke

Irish Times

If you can edge thoughts of sacrilege from your head, this Black Beauty works well enough as a bank holiday entertainment in the style of mid-20th century Disney television.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 3, 2020

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Brian Lowry

CNN.com

It's ultimately too inert, even with the changes, to make this familiar story leap off the page. Black Beauty isn't bad, exactly, but rather the kind of flavorless fare that underscores how hard really good family viewing is to corral.

Nov 30, 2020

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Rachel Wagner

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It felt so derivative of so many better films

Feb 12, 2021

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

Errs on the side of sentimentality, favouring uplift over real edge, but while the smoothed-down version has changed some of the details of Sewell's story but the underlying messages of loyalty and kindness to animals remain the same.

Rated: 3/5

Jan 29, 2021

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Sabina Dana Plasse

Film Threat

This updated version of Black Beauty is well-done and touches upon some important points about being connected to animals, nature, and learning to care for others.

Rated: 6/10

Dec 18, 2020

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Cosmic Soul S

Wow Flicka 5 looks amazing. All jokes aside this was terrible to watch, absolutely butchered the orginal story of black beauty. Feels more like they were trying to ride the success of Flicka but were a decade too late.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

06/14/25

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Rosana B

Mais um belo filme Disney sobre cavalos selvagens, os Mustangs, fotografia impecável, uma dose cômica, aquele drama sofridinho gostosinho bonitinho e narrado pela protagonista Beleza Negra, baseada na obra primorosa e secular de Anna Sewell... Nas suas inúmeras versões, todas sempre belas e dramáticas, sempre fofo...

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/05/23

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crom w

Mackenzie Foy's performance was good, movie not.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

While the acting was good (W/ Mackenzie Foy, Iain Glen and Kate Winslet’s voice) and I enjoyed a few moments here and there. This version of the story doesn’t strike a chord with me like the 1994 version did the first time I saw it. It felt fairly rushed after Beauty had left Birtwick and I almost thought she was never gonna go through other owners. Overall it was ok but the pacing was odd and made the movie feel a bit disjointed.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

05/23/21

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Audience Member

I think its kinda dumb

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Audience Member

What a kinda disappointing movie

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Synopsis

In this modern day reimagining of Anna Sewell's timeless classic, we follow Black Beauty, a wild horse born free in the American West. Rounded up and taken away from her family, Beauty is brought to Birtwick Stables where she meets a spirited teenage girl, Jo Green. Beauty and Jo forge an unbreakable bond that carries Beauty through the different chapters, challenges, and adventures of her life.

Director: Ashley Avis
Producer: Jeremy Bolt, Genevieve Hofmeyr, Robert Kulzer
Screenwriter: Ashley Avis
Production Co: Moonlighting Films, Constantin Film Ltd., Bolt Pictures
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 27, 2020
Runtime: 1h 50m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)