Review of Prefontaine (1997) by Dragan Antulov for rec.arts.movies.reviews — 19 Feb 2004

One of the better sports movies to come from Hollywood in recent years.

This review of Prefontaine (1997) was written by Dragan Antulov and published by rec.arts.movies.reviews on 19 Feb 2004.

Prefontaine has generally received positive reviews.

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The acting ranges from adequate (Jared Leto, R. Lee Ermey) to awful (Lindsay Crouse and everyone else)…

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Soooo great movie!!!!!!! ...at the end its so sad T.T.... but I love it…

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