Rich character development makes for a slower pace

Rating: Null/10 (8 September 1999)

COF does something that a lot of movies in the past 30 years have not - outstanding character development. We watch the two main characters grow so many different ways throughout the course of the movie and in the end see them achive their potential.
Kudos to the movie's makers who tackled the religious faith themes of the story with integrity and class. The scene where Eric Lidel is preaching and reading from the book of Psalms while the camera cuts to pictures of Olympic racing is brilliant.