National Velvet

Fresh: This fresh and delightful Metro picture, based on Enid Bagnold's novel of some years back, tells by far the most touching story of youngsters and of animals since Lassie was coming home. – Bosley Crowther, New York Times, Mar 23, 2011

Fresh: National Velvet is not merely sure to delight children and the child in most adults; it is also an interesting psychological study of hysterical obsession, conversion mania, preadolescent sexuality. – TIME Magazine, Mar 23, 2011

Fresh: National Velvet is a horse picture with wide general appeal. The production also focuses attention on a new dramatic find -- moppet Elizabeth Taylor. – Variety Staff, Variety, Mar 23, 2011

Fresh: Pandro Berman, the producer, and Clarence Brown, the director, have made it into a conservatively exciting and engaging film whose chief virtue is its acting, especially a letter-perfect, beautifully felt performance by Mickey Rooney as the jockey. – Manny Farber, The New Republic, Aug 31, 2012