Black Beauty (II) (1995 Video) User Reviews

Nice childrens' version of the novel

[oxafud · 8/10 · 18 March 2018]

Amazing that they could get so much of the original Anna Sewell novel into such a short video. Really captures the main story of the young horse Black Beauty growing up in Victorian England. Soft-pedals the sadness, cruelty and harshness of a horse's life depicted in Sewell's book. But still tells a realistic and compassionate story. The animation is colorful, low-budget Asian studio style, verging on low-quality anime. The character design is exaggerated, but appropriate for kids. The handful of songs are soft rock or pop anthems with simple, repetitive positive messages. My kid was singing along and enjoyed everything about this video.

One of Jetlag's most charming animations

[TheLittleSongbird · 9/10 · 21 July 2012]

If I had to comprise a top 5 of my favourite Jetlag animations it would consist of Heidi, The Magic Gift of the Snowman, Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella and this(I do have fond memories of Leo the Lion and look forward to re-watching it soon), with my least favourites(though neither are necessarily bad) being A Christmas Carol, Alice in Wonderland, Jungle Book and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. What I love about this Black Beauty was like the book does and versions like the 1994 film and the 1975 series the story never fails to charm and move me. The writing is again simple, but not overly-so, instead it is of an overall sweet and heart-warming tone, while the animation is overall vibrant and smooth with the character designs less stiff than they can be. And the music right from the whimsical incidental music to the three obligatory but beautiful songs(the best being Hold Your Head High, mainly because of its inspiring message) is memorable and doesn't feel formulaic in the least. All in all, really charming, Leo the Lion might overtake it for the top 5 Jetlag list but whatever happens Jetlag's Black Beauty will always be one of their better efforts. 9/10 Bethany Cox

scarred me as a child

[signingupforstuff · 1/10 · 25 October 2018]

Don't watch with young kids. this movie has haunted me throughout my years of adolescence. it's terrifying. I genuinely thought I made it all up and it was just a nightmare, until I googled it.

one of the best Jetlag Productions movies

[erminahotmail · 9/10 · 23 December 2023]

Then the film Black Beauty is a market film a video given by Jetlag Productions Then this film is another one that I like much more than this studio this time this is another one that is not based on what Disney did Then the English horse Oh my that all remainedthe sun was taken by a rich family and then the name was given to a horse called Black Beauty he spends a lot of time with these people until he also meets a human friend it's this mular friend I liked it it's a act one of the reasons I like the film is a lotnice but an accident happens in the stable and a fire breaks out so in order not to be able to look after the horses they had to see them that's how Black Beauty was entrusted to a lot of different people but in the end it is sold by a family it's out of incredible trust the mother isher old friend is truly incredible that now the master is the son of her best human friend Destiny is truly incredible This film managed to make me like a lot of things and then the songs are very beautiful especially those sung at the end of the film and I tell you Thatthis is part of one of the best Jetlag Productions films to conclude the rating 9.