Review of Race (2016) by Kay52 — 26 Feb 2016
RACE is a fine old fashioned movie about an amazing athlete who overcame poverty, prejudice, and competing pressures to set Olympic and World records and to finally deciding to take the risk of participating in Hitler's Olympics where he might have failed and reinforced the Third Reich's hateful belief that Jews and Blacks were not even human.
Instead, he won four Gold Medals and formed an amazing friendship with an enlightened German competitor. Sadly, the US president never invited him to the White House and he struggled to work upon returning home.
James Stephens is an appealing actor, as is his coach and girlfriend/wife; the story is amazingly accurate and compelling, and I was never bored even knowing the ending. Fine job giving us a story of acceptance and decency.
This review of Race (2016) was written by Kay52 on 26 Feb 2016.
Race has generally received positive reviews.
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