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Racing Stripes

2005 · 102 min

A cheerful underdog tale with talking animals and a big race, easy to watch and warmly predictable for the whole family.

Directed by
Frederik Du Chau
Genres
Comedy, Family
Tagline
Cheer 'til you're horse!
Overview
Shattered illusions are hard to repair -- especially for a good-hearted zebra named Stripes who's spent his life on a Kentucky farm amidst the sorely mistaken notion that he's a debonair thoroughbred. Once he faces the fact that his stark stripes mark him as different, he decides he'll race anyway. And with help from the young girl who raised him, he just might end up in the winner's circle.

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Directed by
Frederik Du Chau
Genres
Comedy, Family
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • family
  • friendship
  • grief
  • redemption
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror0
Humour6
Realism3
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity2
Emotional weight4

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Genres
comedy, family
Directed by
Frederik Du Chau
Written by
David Schmidt
Starring
Frankie Muniz, Hayden Panettiere, Bruce Greenwood, Mandy Moore, Wendie Malick, M. Emmet Walsh, Snoop Dogg, Michael Clarke Duncan
Music
Mark Isham
Cinematography
David Eggby
Runtime
102 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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