Review of Chariots of Fire (1981) by Pauline Kael for The New Yorker — 16 Jul 1985
There are scenes that grab – Abrahams’s dash round Trinity quad; the chats between Gielgud and Lindsay Anderson as dons who dress up prejudice in fine words. But the parallel stories tend to cancel out, rather than complement, each other.
Oddly, for a film about triumph over adversity, there’s nothing as uplifting as the opening and closing jogs along a windswept beach.
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This review of Chariots of Fire (1981) was written by Pauline Kael and published by The New Yorker on 16 Jul 1985.
Chariots of Fire has generally received positive reviews.
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