Great story, middle of the road adaptation

Rating: 6/10 (1 April 2019)

I know quite a bit about the incredible story of the great Burt Munro and it should make for great movie fodder, but the way this was put together and saturated with a melodramatic soundtrack throughout seemed quite lazy. I'm assuming it was made to be as accessible as possible, as no relationships or characters are really explored, but this could have been so much better with just a bit more care.
I also couldn't quite grasp Anthony Hopkin's accent, it sounded very west-country British at times to my Cornish ears, although I'm not a Kiwi accent expert!