This movie is a delight to both adults and kids, alike, especially if you like horses. It tells of the realization of dreams and the cost of achieving them. Velvet, a horse crazy girl, longs for a horse and falls for a questionable gelding. She meets Mi Taylor, who is looking for information about his dead father. The story tells of the work it takes to make a dream come true. Velvet has the support of her mother and the rest of the family. Mi starts out as a scroundrel but responds to the trust Mrs. Brown puts in him. National Velvet is a great movie to be seen over and over.
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National Velvet
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Great family movie; even better for horse lovers.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 6 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
About National Velvet
Parents need to know that even though she wins the race, Velvet is deprived of the title and the prize because girls are not eligible to race. No one questions that rule or seems surprised by it; she undertakes the race knowing that this will happen. Mr. and Mrs. Brown are equal partners at home and at work, though she is the stronger character.
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Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about why Velvet can't keep the prize, even though she won. Why didn't Mrs. Brown want to tell Mi about his father? What made her decide it was time? Why didn't Velvet want to make movies or do any of the other things people asked her to do after she won? What would you do? What did Mrs. Brown mean about goodness not meaning much unless there is a little bit of badness to overcome? What did she mean about everyone's being entitled to a "breathtaking piece of folly"?
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- I rate this title on for age 6 and give it
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A good movie for the whole family
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- I rate this title on for age 6 and give it
sweet horse movie!
Wonderful horse movie-will keep even little kids interested in the beauty of it while older children will be able to understand it & parents won't be bored! :) Great acting, great story!
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
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It Was A Very Good Movie I Really Liked It Its Very Good For Kids Of Any Age.
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