A Landmark Film

Rating: 10/10 (11 November 2001)

I am not one for hyperbole, but I viewed this film again last night and it reintroduced me to great film-making. The plot is rapt with a subtlety and nobility rarely found anymore (best example of this: Remains of the Day). It is not so directly about a bunch of guys running (as someone I know so coarsely put it), but rather about the big picture themes of the nature of the human spirit, the inner trappings of ambition, and two individuals internalized struggles against their beliefs and environment. A beautiful story with simply heart-stopping cinematography and an immortal score, Chariots of Fire is near the head of the class in the pantheon of great movies.