While traveling with his father, young Alec becomes fascinated by a mysterious Arabian stallion that is brought on board and stabled in the ship he is sailing on. When it tragically sinks both he and the horse survive only to be stranded on a deserted island. He befriends it, so when finally rescued both return to his home where they soon meet Henry Dailey, a once successful trainer. Together they begin training the horse to race against the fastest ones in the world.
The Black Stallion has generally received very positive reviews.
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The Black Stallion was released in 1979 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 322 reviews, giving The Black Stallion (1979) an average rating of 78%.
Overall, cinema-goers marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 88%, compared to film critics, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 82%.
With a score of 78%, The Black Stallion is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1979, which stands at 60%.
Other movies from 1979 with similar scores include films like Escape from Alcatraz, The Muppet Movie and All That Jazz.
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