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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe performances are often good, including Reno's; he has an interesting, poker-faced way of underplaying scenes that keeps him from being a stereotyped kid.
- 50The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Jay ScottThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Jay ScottThe Black Stallion Returns is not a magic monument - it's only a terrific film for kids. [26 Mar 1983]
- 40The New York TimesVincent CanbyThe New York TimesVincent CanbyIt is funny, unpretentious and fast-paced. It has a kind of comicbook appreciation for direct action and no time whatsoever for mysticism or for scenery for its own sake, though most of it was shot in Morocco and is fun to look at.
- 38TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineGone is the joy and wide-eyed fun of the original; in its place is a hokey, ho-hum story that might have come out of a computer.
- 25Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittIt's picaresque, all right, but full of ethnic stereotypes, and filmed much too blandly to compete with the superb ''Black Stallion'' of a few years ago.
- 25Boston GlobeBoston GlobeReturn is a slow-paced, incompetently directed film with both eyes focused on the box office. [26 Mar 1983]
- 10VarietyVarietyThe Black Stallion Returns is little more than a contrived, cornball story that most audiences will find to be an interminable bore.