Sometimes Inspiring; Sometimes Just Tedious

Rating: 5/10 (8 January 2001)

This is the true story of Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddle, two of Britain's finest runners going into the 1924 Paris Olympics.
Somehow I had never see this movie before. There are some very fine moments in it. Liddle's religious convictions are to be admired; it's too bad that there aren't athletes today willing to take stands based on principle rather than on greed. Abraham's fierce determination to win is demonstrated well by Ben Cross.
It should be a great movie; most thought it was. But it didn't really catch me. Moments of great inspiration, yes. But not enough. So much of the movie I simply found tedious. Stretches of boredom leading up to moments of excitement. I'm left wondering what the hype was all about.
5 out of 10.