There is no problem in moving a quintessentially British story and resetting it somewhere else, as long as the backbone of the story remains. This, however, is only related to the source material in the sense that there is a horse, that is black. A British, male, workhorse, has become a man American, female, mustang. None of the plot points or morality tales are carried over. It is entirely different. It is also entirely garbage.

Additional questions, why have a British actor who has a terrible NY accent play a NY horse owner? Why have an expensive British actor voice an American horse that should be British when they could get an American voice that actually sounds American for much less?

Despite the inclusion of some solid UK actors, this is just a US obliteration of a lovely classic British family novel. Why someone thought that this screenplay was worth the effort I'm really not sure, but rest assured it fails in a big way. I'm not sure what else there is to say, but on every level this fails.

2.5 out of 5 stars.

Black Beauty could have been better. A story about a mustang horse. From being captured and sold to a stable. Where a guy and his daughter raise the horse. And more events after. Showing the horse travelling from one place to another. It tries to be emotional but fails to with a lackluster script. The story is pretty flat as well. The cast is decent. I did find it kind of boring.