The music was real nice, but...

Rating: Null/10 (27 November 2002)

Being a runner and a Christian, I was really expecting a lot from this movie about Eric Liddell, who ran in the 1924 Olympics and went on to missionary work in China. It was the "Best Movie" at the Oscars and many good friends spoke very highly of it. However, I was hugely disappointed by the whole thing. The story dragged on and there weren't too many conflicts in the movie that put you on the edge of your seat. The story revolved around the characters, but again there weren't that many defining moments or conflicts to develop the characters or at least move the story along. I struggled through to the end and was left with the feeling of "Is that all there is?"
OK, maybe there were slim pickings on Oscar night for 1981, but this movie wasn't even close to Best Movie material.