Review of Race (2016) by Amy F — 28 Oct 2016

Great sports biopic about triumph over adversity set within a fascinating period of history.

This review of Race (2016) was written by Amy F on 28 Oct 2016.

Race has generally received positive reviews.

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By Lisa Twang (24) for The New Paper (Singapore) (342) on 19 Sep 2017

As a rags-to-riches tale set against a fascinating historic backdrop, Race is a joy from start to finish…

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By Benkoko11 (87) on 23 Feb 2017

Its too long and could have dug deeper into the ethical quanderies of the day, yet Race is nevertheless an important and fairly well-executed…

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By Perry W (87) on 01 Apr 2017

Very good story of Jesse Owens and this movie enlightened me of the details behind his struggle…

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By Tom M (1,308) on 10 Jan 2017

Race is a familiar story but has good performances from surprising places to make this film barely cross the finish line…

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By Richard S (2,067) on 08 Feb 2017

This was a really decent biopic charting the life of Jesse Owens who went on to win 4 gold medals at the Olympic Games in 1936…

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By Russ B (1,141) on 10 Aug 2017

8/11/2017: A decent movie with an interesting story. The cast did a very good job. Wouldn't watch multiple times though…

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By Rob V (313) on 20 Jan 2017

We had talked about potentially seeing this in theaters. So glad we did not. Story and character establishment was weird…

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By Spencer P (651) on 08 Aug 2018

Another sports biopic that seems to forget to keep it's pace (film-making term) up, but thanks to a historical setting that's unique to the…

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By Whoiam D (257) on 13 Sep 2017

Rememberthe first rule in any competition is to win. And always remember who you're always most competing with is yourself…

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By Aramide Tinubu (61) for Shadow and Act (97) on 11 Apr 2017

Race isn't a bad film or biopic for that matter. It's beautifully shot, informative, and has some fantastic actors helming it…

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