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- Making a few admirable attempts to complicate what could have been a standard-issue inspirational sports narrative, “Race” is better than it has to be, but not by too much, and it should be expected to compete, but not medal, at the box office.
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Feb 19, 2016 · Sep 29, 2021 Full Review Nell Minow AWFJ.org Race is a long overdue film about Jesse Owens with excellent performances and a thoughtful portrayal of documentarian/propagandist Leni...
Feb 18, 2016 · 2h 14m. By Stephen Holden. Feb. 18, 2016. The ingredients of “Race,” a studiously uplifting biopic of Jesse Owens, the phenomenal star of the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, remain as volatile as...
- Stephen Hopkins
- Stephen Holden
- 134 min
Feb 19, 2016 · Stephen Hopkins. Writers. Joe Shrapnel. Anna Waterhouse. Stars. Stephan James. Jason Sudeikis. Eli Goree. See production info at IMDbPro. STREAMING. RENT/BUY. from $3.79. Add to Watchlist. Added by 69.6K users. 111 User reviews.
- (40K)
- Biography, Drama, Sport
- Stephen Hopkins
- 2016-02-19
On Rotten Tomatoes, as of November 2021, the film has an approval rating of 63% based on 162 reviews, and an average rating of 6.10/10. The website's critical consensus reads: " Race is nowhere near as thrillingly fleet or agile as its subject, but the story—and a winning central performance from Stephan James—are enough to carry it over ...
- $25.1 million
- Rachel Portman
- $5 million
Jun 2, 2016 · Mike McCahill. Thu 2 Jun 2016 11.14 EDT. M ore marathon than sprint, Stephen Hopkins’ period biopic affords the Jesse Owens story – one of the greatest eff-yous ever recorded in competitive sport...
Review of Race (spoiler free) **** (4 out of 5) Cast: Stephan James, Jason Sudeikis, Academy Award winner Jeremy Irons* and Academy Award winner William Hurt** Plot overview: Jesse Owens' quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler ...
