There seemed to have been a fair amount of hype generated over this movie prior to it coming out, which usually is a red flag to me. The trailers looked good, and I have always loved the story of the horse, but I thought that I might come away thinking that it wasn't much more than the sum of the several 60 second bites I saw. This is an amazing movie. Diane Lane gives a great performance as Penny Chenery, and has received a lot of Oscar hype, but in my opinion, John Malkovich steals every scene he is in as the trainer Lucien Laurin. He is wonderful. But I think the story is mostly about Penny fighting to be recognized as an intelligent women in the late 60's/early 70's more than the horse itself. She goes through quite a lot making her way in an old white guys club, and doesn't back down. The absolute #1 reason you have to see this movie though, and see it in a theater, is the cinematography. This is what should get this movie an academy award nod, more so t