Sometimes there are movies that are so specialized in EVIsubject matter that I wonder if the intended audience actually finds it interesting or is similarly puzzled by the limitations.  ‘Grand Champion’ was, apparently, director Barry Tubb’s “love letter to Texas,” as he grew up in Snyder, where the film took place, and probably got to witness some of the livestock shows that the film includes.  That’s all fine and good.  I like genre films, and I like animals.  But ‘Grand Champion’ is so torn between kids movie antics and wanting to be good to steers and Texas that it makes for an odd little film.  Not unpleasant to watch, hence the three stars, but not really clear what the end goal was…

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