Rotten
Part earnest, old-fashioned melodrama, part wisecracking broad comedy, Racing Stripes is a film divided against itself.
Nathan Rabin, AV Club
Racing Stripes
Cheer 'til you're horse!
2005 · 1h 42m · PG
Comedy, Family
Directed by
Frederik Du Chau
Overview
Shattered illusions are hard to repair -- especially for a good-hearted zebra named Stripes who's spent his life on a Kentucky farm amidst the sorely mistaken notion that he's a debonair thoroughbred. Once he faces the fact that his stark stripes mark him as different, he decides he'll race anyway. And with help from the young girl who raised him, he just might end up in the winner's circle.
Director and cast
- Frederik Du Chau Director
- Bruce Greenwood as Nolan Walsh
- Frankie Muniz as Stripes (voice)
- Hayden Panettiere as Channing Walsh
- Mandy Moore as Sandy
- Caspar Poyck as Mailman
- Gary Bullock as John Cooper
- Wendie Malick as Clara Dalrymple
- M. Emmet Walsh as Woodzie
- Snoop Dogg as Lightning (voice)
- Thandi Puren Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
35%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A predictable but pleasant kids movie.
Russell Scott Smith, New York Post
Rotten
Almost everyone in this has done better, and those who haven't, like young Ms. Panettiere, have plenty of time to do so.
Mike Clark, USA Today
Fresh
There's much to laud in Racing Stripes.
Susan Walker, Toronto Star
Rotten
Bland but likable kids' movie.
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
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