Black Beauty (2015) User Reviews

Really awful

[lerontal65 · 3/10 · 18 July 2015]

What a waste of 1.2 hrs! Bad acting, bad sound track, bad everything. This movie just killed, in a bad way, this beautiful story, even the horse couldn't save it. you don't need a big budget to make this movie, you can bring anonymous actors that can really act but when you bring forgotten actors who never made it along with anonymous actors who are really bad and add to it awful voice-over, out of place music, which is also really bad by itself regardless of the movie, you get a huge disaster. even my kids couldn't buy it and left in the middle of it. Luke Perry, where did he come from? he looks so out of it, with long redundant shots on him while he is "contemplating" with no purpose, OMG. Bruce Davison, why humiliate yourself at your age? well, i guess the money wasn't bad. And the young actors, all of them, I wish they all to find themselves another profession because acting is not for you. really.

Entertaining but not the best acting/script

[buckleyblair · 5/10 · 14 January 2024]

I was on a Black Beauty movie binge and was watching all the versions of Black Beauty. I could tell from the description this version would not be like the typical Anna Sewell story movies so I didn't expect it to be. FYI for anyone expecting it to be like a typical Black Beauty...it won't be. Just know that upfront. I actually thought the main actress, the one who played Audry, was pretty good and was surprised Jennifer McKenzie didn't get more credit for this. The rest of the acting was pretty bad, although maybe the script was just bad to begin with and the actors can't be faulted. I thought where the movie did well was portraying the coming-of-age story of Audry and showing how he, like many 15 year old's, is starting to become more and more of her own person. I actually also found her relationship to Beauty touching and in spirit with the original Black Beauty movie in the sense that she cared more about the well-being of Beauty than many others did, even at the expense of winning.

So, I'd recommend this movie if you're looking for a family-friendly, light-hearted movie but definitely not even you're looking for a movie to transform you.

Horrible casting

[assaua-695-439834 · 1/10 · 18 July 2015]

Let me just say I loved the book and the previous movies and was really looking forward to this. But I just could not relate to a 30-year-old trying to play a 15-year-old girl. Really? Maybe it was the actresses fault but I believe it was a major mistake in casting. What? Are there no young actresses anymore? I honestly didn't get past the first 10 minutes. Maybe this is not a fair review but I was looking to get lost in a sappy girl and her horse story and it just was not even the tiniest bit believable. The whole introductory sequence seemed very stilted and forced. The horse is pretty at least. Oh, the actress Sarah Ann Schultz is lovely but so obviously NOT a teenager. She appeared to be older than her mom even. A pity because I imagine the story was exactly what I was looking for but I couldn't get past her age. Two thumbs down for me.

One of the worst films ever related to horses

[MovieIQTest · 17 July 2015]

what a bomb, man. don't even know how this lousy script was approved into production. terrible screenplay with horrible storyline, bad directing and lame acting. annoying, bad and almost non-stop irrelevant country songs again and again, so bothering and disturbing. the storyline sucked big time with weakest plot, dialog and whatever came into mind. the young actress who played the main role is not a good and talented enough actor. in addition to this young female, the actor who played her mother is also a lame actor. the whole film looked so unreal and so pretentiously fake. staging scene after scene. and when the grandpa drove away with the horse trailer, he even ran across a stop sign without stopping. the young female heroine couldn't stop smiling all the time or even looked at the camera irresistibly. the ranch they used to tell the lousy story obviously was rented. the grandpa didn't look like a rancher, the newly built barn was the only nice structure in this film, but obviously belonged to someone else in the real world. again and again, the bad annoying country songs were sung that bothered us a lot, giving me impression like the movie producers liked to market those lousy country songs to apple store. all in all, what a terrible...no, horrible film that should never have okay-ed into production in the first place. it's very very memorable for being one of the worst films ever made, even worse than those lousy films produced by 'Lifetime' channel or from 'Hallmark'.

Drastically horrible

[sineaddrew · 1/10 · 14 August 2015]

So i officially got to 7.46 into the film. Already irritated with the terrible acting i tried to push through, it just got worse... Seriously how could a movie that had such potential turn out like this. I can't even bring myself to watch the rest of the movie because of the bad acting, everything was too put on. I don't even want to get started on the terrible voice over bits that they have shoved in there at times when they should rather just leave it. Thankfully i came to read the reviews before i tortured myself with over an hour of utter nonsense... I'd rather just go watch the previous Black Beauty movie, it might be old but hey at least they new how to act back in the day. Not even worth killing time watching this... I'd rather watch paint dry.

Almost so bad it's good...but not quite

[Garlic_Shred · 1/10 · 7 April 2016]

Well, I really don't know where to start. Borrowing the title of a classic horse story to make a film that would make Twilight look subtle is basically what happened here.

You've got the 'Different', 'Outcast' girl as the main character, even though she looks about thirty and would be one of the most attractive girls in any school around the world. You've got the overprotective dad, the attractive, mysterious boy, the one-dimensional spiteful and snooty villain.

Topped off with all the generic pop romance music and this hits all the marks needed to create the ultimate middle-class pre-teen girls' film.

The only reason I kept watching was to see just how bad it could get and in the end it was definitely one of the worst I've seen, but just wasn't self aware or ridiculous enough to be so bad that it's good. It's just the sheer definition of mediocrity really and a bit of a laborious experience with a few unintended laughs here and there.

I would say that the end was OK because I was genuinely expecting the typical 'good guys win yay!' ending, but it just felt really anticlimactic; it had so much build up and ended in about ten seconds. So that gained no positives.

All in all, it's complete garbage, not memorable, but not forgettable. Just a nothing film.

A great potential....

[nflcoordinator · 8/10 · 29 July 2015]

The main actress appeared very motivated in helping the horse. I would give her that 100%. Her expressions are very beautiful and sincere, so I can see why she was chosen to have that role. Grandpa did a good job as well. He appeared very generous and close to his granddaughter.

The other characters were a bit off, but they were pretty irrelevant to the movie theme.

I think folks may be a bit disappointed cause they're used to the Disney formats. But I think the movie did a good job portraying the struggles of a teenager fitting in, and how she's able to put the energy into something she enjoys, the country, the horse, and life simplicity.

Hilarious to Make Fun of-Nothing Else

[elizabethcatchings-253-977505 · 7/10 · 12 September 2015]

The romantic male lead looked like a girl, and acted like one, too. The acting was lousy on everyone's part except for the girl and the grandfather. The script was seemingly written by a ten year old. So why am I rating it so highly? It is honestly the funniest thing to make fun of. It was so terrible, it was hilarious. I mean, the further into the film I got, the more I wondered "how in the world did this ever make it this far?", and the more I laughed! Honestly, it's so terrible, you will enjoy it. Be in the right mindset, though. You can't just have had the worst day of your life before watching it or you'll probably throw a cat out the window. But if you're feeling goofy and giddy, turn this sucker on and laugh at how low the film industry has sunk.

Parents Glad to Get Rid of Pseudo-Teenage Girl by Having Her Live at Her Grandpa's Farm for the Summer

[Gilbud24 · 18 July 2015]

This movie is so awful it was actually funny. Not sure what was worse, the script or the acting. The only good part was playing "Where in Rhode Island Are We?" The woman who played Audrey stood out, and not in a good way. I'm not sure what was worse, her acting or her voice-over. Unbelievably wooden. Rest of the cast was no better. The filming was nonsensical. The was lots of unnecessary slow motion shots that added to the overall cheesiness. The plot is *very* loosely related to the original story. Take a Dramamine if you are motion sensitive. I wanted to make like the horse and run away! Worst movie ever. Do yourself a favor and skip this dog!

the best actress in the movie

[graass-39392 · 9/10 · 3 May 2019]

Honestly i dont care for the rest of the movie i thought it was ok. but talise zirilli really showed out. she has phenomenal skills in the acting world. she really showed out. shes the hidden star.