Review of Rising Phoenix (2020) by Leslie Felperin for The Guardian — 27 Aug 2020
The film would have been more effective if its relentlessly uplifting score didn’t keep figuratively prodding the viewer in the chest, telling us to feel moved, dammit. Likewise, the editing is annoyingly frenetic at times, and you long for a more measured approach that would allow you to appreciate the athletes’ skills, instead of seeing their prowess chopped up into tiny snippets of footage.
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This review of Rising Phoenix (2020) was written by Leslie Felperin and published by The Guardian on 27 Aug 2020.
Rising Phoenix has generally received very positive reviews.
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