A wonderful feel good movie

Rating: 9/10 (29 July 2006)

This a review of the DVD version.
Right, Take the wonderful Sir Anthony Hopkins who is a fellow Welshman and we share the same birthday!
Have him playing Burt Munro, a man who wants to ride his 1920's Indian Motorcycle faster than 200 mph ot the Bonneville Saltflats. He isn't a young man, in his 70's and his bike is rebuilt and held together with anything he can find.
This is the story of his trip to America and across the country in his quest to ride his motorcycle to a land speed record for it's class.
This looks beautiful and is a real feel good film. You find yourself getting behind Burt and supporting him like everyone else at the Salt Flats.
This is a true story but I would have liked to have known how many things in the film really are true (like the policeman letting him off after speeding in Nevada).
My only real gripe with the movie is the accent of the taxi driver who takes Burt to Hollywood, his accent comes and goes which annoyed me a little bit.
Watch it with an open mind and be enthralled.