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By A A (501) on 10 Sep 2011

Ive never seen a film never stray from its plot/character... a huge asshole wins a gold medal... boom…

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By Anonymous User (943) on 10 Sep 2011

Ive never seen a film never stray from its plot/character... a huge asshole wins a gold medal... boom…

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By Tim S (2,419) on 19 Aug 2011

I liked the fact that it went away from the total cliches of most sports films and thought it was interesting to see Redford play such a almost…

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By Paul Z (502) on 11 Jul 2011

This buried New Hollywood pearl literally follows and watches a single-minded outsider from Colorado who, having netted a position on the American…

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By Grant S (1,780) on 14 Jun 2011

OK, but not great. I am not a skier, but the skiing sequences were fantastic, and gave a good feel for what the sport must be like…

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By Gordon C (275) on 14 May 2011

May 2011: Netflix Worth to see the ski equipment from 1969 and Lauberhorn scences…

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By David W (2,010) on 04 Dec 2010

Meh. An interesting flick if you're into skiing. Robert Redford wasn't that likeable, but that was what the character was. Made me want to ski…

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By Ricardo O (219) on 04 Nov 2010

My new favorite sports movie. Absent is the b.s. pervading through these types of films with instead a stylized character study…

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By Joe O (291) on 01 Nov 2010

I took notes on this shit so here we go. This is a great film about what it really means to be a champion in a world full of champions…

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By Tonypolito (147) on 14 Aug 2010

Visually pleasing, but the scriptwork is pure bore-fest…

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By Martin T (888) on 12 Aug 2010

The fact that this isn't your typical sports hero story doesn't make it any more compelling…

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By Matthew C (1,721) on 30 Jul 2010

Walking, talking sleep medication Robert Redford shows his stuff by managing to make excessive speed boring in this drab 70s drama about an…

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By Luke B (1,067) on 12 Jul 2010

Nice character piece with some good skiing scenes…

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By Bill M (1,080) on 02 Jul 2010

If Redford had made a third film with Ritchie, I don't know if we would have a Sundance Festival…

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By Dennis Schwartz (5,456) for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (5,456) on 01 Jun 2010

It's better than most sports films since it avoids sentimentality and falsely romanticizing its unsympathetic egotistical hero…

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By Darren H (638) on 15 May 2010

Michael Ritchie's 1969 film-on-skis distills the elitist winter sport - and sports, in general - as aesthetically-pleasing to watch but ultimately…

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By Rory S (108) on 04 May 2010

It's not an inspirational sports movie, though it has elements of that, nor is it a drama in a sport setting entirely…

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By Jonathan M (1,410) on 30 Mar 2010

Downhill Racer has aged surprisingly well, with some pretty great first-person shots of going down a ski-hill…

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By Steve G (1,301) on 30 Mar 2010

Downhill Racer has aged surprisingly well, with some pretty great first-person shots of going down a ski-hill…

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By Giuliana L (33) on 15 Feb 2010

I was pretty damn bored for the duration of this movie, not really seeing the big draw to it…

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