I love this movie so much

Really Surprised!

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

this sequel,made thirty pus year after National Velvet is nowhere near as good,in my opinion.it lacks the warmth,charm and magic.it's also too long and has a melancholy feeling running throughout it.i could have done without the voice over narration,which i found irritating.i also found the music to be overly dramatic,hitting those inspirational notes at all the right moments.the original film has none of that.it was simple well told,well acted movie.one other thing i have to mention is that the main character her isn't particularly likable,or even very sympathetic.honestly,except for the final fifteen or twenty minutes ,i was bored out of my skull.for me,International Velvet is a 3/10

Every time I hear the opening music to this movie, I start to get emotional, it brings back a period of my life when I first saw it so vividly. I read the book at around the same time (also by Brian Forbes) I just really like the themes in the film - loss and bereavement, growing up, unrequited love, finding your calling, not ever giving up, and the loyalty humans and animals can have for each other (even though I am not particularly into horses the way other people seem to think you have to be to like this film) My children loved this film just as much when I showed it to them, they "got it", although they did find the car scene and the aeroplane scene harrowing. I think it is a fantastic film and it makes me feel about 13 again. And I defy anyone not to weep at the end when orphaned Sarah asks Scott to meet "my parents"!

I think I was about 10 when I first saw this film. I loved every minute of it and always felt that the ending was a bit rushed, because if the subject matter is sappy, then the sappiness must go on so that it produces real thick syrup -- like Sarah Brown having a baby "a new Olympic gold-medallist hopeful" and so forth. Well, with that ending "twist" they would have needed to have someone older to play Tatum O'Neal's part in the end and obviously that was not to be.. anyway, just my 2cents.But back to the review.. I think I've seen the film numerous times during the past 14 years or so and it's always good. I like the riding parts (great to spot famous Eventers) I've had the biggest crush on Christopher Plummer ever since I saw the Sound of Music (way before this) and I had an Anthony Hopkins period as well. So actor-wise this film is PERFECT! Oh, and I think the film shows the blood, sweat and tears what you need in order to be the best. Great film.And yeah, Sarah Brown is not English or British, she's American whose come to live with her auntie and auntie's man in England.

Tatum O'Neal was the #3 box-office star the year before this was released. Although "Nickelodeon" did nothing for her, "The Bad News Bears" was a smash and much of the credit went to her. By the time this film wrapped, Tatum had grown up (too fast and too soon) and nobody wanted to see her with a faux English accent riding a horse. Orphaned American girl comes to stay with her aunt in England, who once was a famous horserider when she was a child. Belated follow-up to Elizabeth Taylor's girlhood triumph "National Velvet" has an excellent supporting cast: Nanette Newman is solid in Taylor's former role, now a grown woman living with wily Christopher Plummer, who is perfect; Anthony Hopkins is also superb as a stern taskmaster. Only O'Neal disappoints--odd considering the director was Bryan Forbes, who usually excels with younger actors. Forbes' film is also too long, with character conflicts and sketchy romantic interludes colorlessly handled. Tatum is much more convincing playing Sarah in her older teen years than playing her as a schoolgirl (O'Neal obviously had no schoolgirl experience to draw upon, thereby leaving her in alien territory). Not a wash-out exactly, but not the heart-tugging, tear-jerking family film it was intended to be. ** from ****