Review of Race (2016) by Jennifer S — 27 Feb 2016

A great inspiring true story, 80 years in the making!

This review of Race (2016) was written by Jennifer S on 27 Feb 2016.

Race has generally received positive reviews.

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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 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 Paul D (6,077) on 23 May 2017

Great flick. Had some pacing issues in the middle that slowed it down a bit. That was the big failing point…

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By Scott W (2,167) on 26 Sep 2017

I've seen quite a few of these sports biopics involving famous African-American athletes who dealt with racism and this is pretty much along…

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By Pavan R (814) on 07 Feb 2017

A very entertaining biopic.....a good dash os sport and sentiment in equal measure makes it great fun to watch for the family…

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By Monkireviews (254) on 15 Jul 2017

A liked it a lot, but the more I think about it, the story is layed out like a lot of true stories. It feels like more of the same…

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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 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 Deanna B (289) on 06 Apr 2017

Boy, what a great historical movie about Jesse Owens and the 1936 Olympics. I encourage everyone to watch this…

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By K M (187) on 04 Feb 2017

I believe this film is important because I talk to people in their 20's and they do not know who Jesse Owens is. This is horribly sad…

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