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Racing Stripes
ISBN: 0-7907-9253-2
Warner Brothers Videos
Review 5/20/05
Racing Stripes is a wonderfully, funny, family film. Children and
adults will find themselves giggling at silly, comedic acts, while
being drawn into the film through a heartwarming story about a girl
and her pet zebra, Stripes.
For Channing Walsh, her heart's desire is to follow in her mother's
footsteps and ride horses. But after her mother's death, brought on
by an accident with a horse, Channing's father won't let her near a
horse. For Stripes, his heart's desire is to become a race horse and
be accepted in the horse community. Desperate and determined to prove
themselves, both Channing and Stripes do their best to coax
Channing's father into allowing them to enter the next big race.
What I love most about this film was the fact that it isn't just a
film about talking animals; it is a film about the interaction
between man and animal, animal and man, and man and man. It is a film
about the true circle of life and how everything we do, in some way,
affects the lives of every one around else.
It's nice to see Warner Brothers bring back, clean comedy. I find it
refreshing to see a family film that doesn't try to please grown ups
through vulgar comedic antics; antics that young children should
never be witness to in the first place. And it was a pleasure to
watch a family film filled with valuable life lessons. Lessons like:
1. Never let others tell you what you can or cannot become.
2. Just because someone is different doesn't mean he/she doesn't
matter or doesn't belong.
3. Friendship takes on many shapes, and each one is a treasure
in itself.
4. When we work together, anything can happen.
5. Anything's possible if you believe, work hard, and trust in
yourself.
While some parents may feel this film is beneath their intellect and
unrealistic in many areas, they must pause and remind themselves that
it wasn't created for them. It was created for children and children
need to dream and believe in good, wholesome fairytales. And what
better way to do that, than with a film like Racing Stripes?
Bylines to choose from:
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Alyice Edrich is the editor of The Dabbling Mum.com–where BUSY
parents find balance (http://thedabblingmum.com). She is also the
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