I was looking forward to a new Black Beauty movie. But this movie is just awful. Disney has completely ruined the old tale. Disney has turned it into every other horse movie nowadays. Girl that's never ridden a horse forms a bond with a wild, black horse and is somehow able to train and ride it. The horse is supposed to be a Mustang but it looks like an OTTB and comes with shoes on it. Mustangs do not look like that. They switch between western and English tack multiple times. It is not rocket science to tell the difference. Disney obviously has enough money to do some basic research and at least make the horse and story decent. This movie was made out of pure laziness. If that wasn't bad enough they make real equestrians look bad. They make it seem like everyone who uses spurs on their horses must be abusing them which is not true unless they're used incorrectly. Overall a complete waste of money and an abomination of the real Black Beauty.

All the negative reviews must be from people who don't like change! Agreed, it's way different than the classic '90s black beauty, but once you get past that it, is a darling film. I absolutely love black beauty, although she is not a mustang...I was confused by this. I like the fact that it was a female led cast. The scenery was breathtaking, I love out west and I love Mr. Manly's New York ranch. Very warm and fuzzy feelings for me as I used to have my own female quarterhorse when I lived with my mom on her ranch! This movie is adorable, the horses are so gorgeous they literally steal the show, especially black beauty! Watch this movie if you love horses!

I want to start by saying that when it was all said and done, I did end up enjoying the movie. Now on to my critique... Black Beauty was one of my absolute favorite novels when I was a young girl, and I've always loved the 90's movie adaptation. There were A LOT more changes in this new version than I was expecting, and I was not a big fan - especially with the mustang angle. I feel like they did too much to try to modernize the story and to also try to stay close to the novel, it seemed kind of cluttered. I'm a sap for any heart warming story that involves animals, though, so again I did end up enjoying it. But I think it probably would have better if they would have tried to make it more of its own film.