ccmovieman 1 must be and a the reviewer in the new york time who prefer the janis joplin big brother and the hold company album to the just release beatleswhite album be call and either evil or insane . national velvet be a great film . elizabeth taylor performance be fantastic and and i fail to discern even a trace of accent and much less too much of one . her performance be very natural and authentic and unbelievably charm . the rest of the cast be superb and especially rooney and revere . as far a the dialog be hokey or sentimental and i suggest cc have din too long on a diet of irony and have lose the ability to discern genuine straight forward emotion and human interaction . there be a time when people actually do think and talk in such a manner . not that this film doesn not have a slight hint of the magical permeating through it . that be the reason to tell the story . one might as well criticize the wizard of oz and king kong and the maltese falcon and casablanca and the black stallion ( the other great horse film ) or a thousand other film for have action and dialog that seem rich than real life . no my friend and national velvet endures because of it belief firmly in itself and with tongue firmly not in cheek . something today jade filmmaker find nearly impossible to recreate .