This is a great movie for the entire family. I love horses, and always have. My husband went to please me, but he really enjoyed it. Hollywood is finally making more decent movies for intelligent adults. Diane Lane portrays and independent thinker in a time when independent women were not welcomed in business. She persisted and earned the admiration of her children, her husband, and her business associates. Secretariat was heart-warming, exciting, and well-produced.