slow but heartwarming

Rating: 9/10 (12 August 2006)

A slow moving film with a great deal of heart and personal meaning. Based on a true story of a Kiwi that overcame the odds and through his indomitable personality to make the record books. The casting could not have been better, being an Anthony Hopkins fan, I feel no one else could have as effectively played the starring role. Most of the movie deals with cultural nuances and the nontraditional life of Burt Munro (and to some degree his dead brother Ernie of all names). Burt is a single minded man's man, and he will not accept defeat in any form. Not so much a film about personal strength, but more about intelligent perseverance in the face of stogy, life smothering, man made rules. This is on my multiple times each year watch list.