Dreamworks SKG set out a task for itself to show the spirit of the animals without their ability to use the English language. Here the horses don‘t sing, dance or talk. So where is all the fun? The only "horsing" here is done through Matt Damon‘s narration of Spirit‘s thoughts. This could have worked - but it didn‘t.

　　Spirit is a wild, free-spirited stallion and leader of the Cimmaron herd. He runs with the eagle until he‘s captured by some by Cavalry soldiers in the old west, due to his curiosity. The cavalry‘s leader (James Cromwell) decides to break spirit by starving and dehydrating him and ties him to a post for three days. The same fate is met by a captured Indian (Little Creek), however the duo manages to gallop away.  Little Creek (Daniel Studi) teaches the stallion about the power of love and the value of compromise.

　　While the horses galloped, never has there been anyone in the audience who was that excited about discussions in regards to painting doors. One can‘t be blamed for taking a little break, considering just how predictable this movie got. Perhaps the greatest fault lies in the extremely weak script/storyline. Aside from Spirit‘s galloping away and being caught over and over, there is nothing much else. Most scenes in the movie lack plausibility and while it can certainly be forgiven in a film, not to such an radical extent. Throw in a couple of  hard-pressed morals and you‘ve got yourself a headache.

　　The film‘s major premise was to lay off the standard talking-animal pattern of most animated pictures. The horses convey their emotions through whinnies, snorts, and facial expressions. Instead of horses being Tom Cruise or Brad Pitt, horses are horses. It‘s an interesting tactic, although talking animals are not an emotional conflict either!  Perhaps it would have worked, except it didn‘t. Inserting a voiceover narration by Matt Damon didn‘t help either. It felt entirely out of place. If there was more horsing around in his