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Cast
- Teresa PalmerMichelle Payne
- Sam NeillPaddy Payne
- Sullivan StapletonDarren Weir
- Magda SzubanskiSister Dominique
- Genevieve MorrisJoan Sadler
- Stevie PayneStevie Payne
- Gryffin MorrisonYoung Stevie Payne
- Summer NorthYoung Michelle Payne
- Brooke SatchwellTherese Payne
- Sophia ForrestCathy Payne
Recommendations
- 60
The Guardian
It’s a bit hammy and TV-movie-ish, but you can’t help smiling at its feelgood directness and warmth. - 50
Movie Nation
The whole affair plays as muzzled, truncated and incomplete — a ten furlong dash through a two mile (16 furlong) race. - 50
Los Angeles Times
Unfortunately, this Australian horse racing film remains a standard underdog narrative that fails to rouse the audience from their seats, despite the best efforts from its cast and a few charming moments. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
Making her debut as director with a true story from her native Australia, actor Rachel Griffiths gives the pic a workmanlike, generic feel that would play well on family-centric cable channels. Horse lovers will be the moviegoers most vulnerable to its modest charms. - 50
Screen Daily
For a film so tied to a thoroughbred showcase, this broad crowd-pleaser blatantly relies on well-worn parts. - 40
The Guardian
Clearly marketed as inoffensive feel-good pap, I didn’t go into the film expecting a nuanced commentary on the racing industry. But nor did I expect what often felt like a thinly veiled 98-minute advertisement, interspersed with occasional moments of warmth and humanity.
