Article by Chris Smith: Despite the acclaim it’s been receiving, there has never to my knowledge been any suggestion that the new movie ‘Jockey’, which opened to a limited release in New York and Los Angeles last week, could be used as a ‘Seabiscuit’-style promotional vehicle to enthuse the non-specialist public about the joys of horseracing.
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“Jockey” is that relatively rare venture into character study that pays off, if not as a trifecta but at least as a place and a show. The plot is insubstantial…