National Velvet

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Pros
  • beautiful scenery (all)
  • fine acting (all)
  • wonderful script (all)
Cons
  • sometimes hard to understand dialog (all)


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Why horse around when you can watch a movie this good?
looking to be entertained, an adult, open-minded about films

SEP
6
2007

I'd heard about National Velvet for years but never had a chance to see it. Finally, I sat down to watch it a couple nights ago on TCM and was very glad I did.

Made in 1944 and starring a 12-year-old Elizabeth Taylor in the role that propelled her to celebrity, National Velvet is easily among the best family films I've seen. Although it is somewhat old-fashioned, its cinematography and editing hold their own against modern films, and the script and dialog are as good as any today.

The story is a classic: Set in England in the 1920s, a horse-crazy girl named Velvet Brown (Elizabeth Taylor) finds...

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