Review of 4 Minute Mile (2014) by Brendan D — 07 Sep 2017

If you were or are a high school runner, college runner, or were ever at any point even a slightly competitive (or self-respecting) runner, please avoid this like the plague. Running is almost a sub-plot in this movie, despite the misleading title, "4 minute mile." The running bits are seriously asinine and the story is so phony and unbelievable (~50s 400m kid bumps to the 1600m and runs 4:14 in the first race they show). As someone who spent high school, college, and post-college as a competitive runner, this movie is insulting and embarrassing to the sport.

It gets 1 star instead of 1/2 star because the acting is mostly solid. If you don't know the first thing about running, this might be entertaining. Have fun.