Terrific Movie!

Rating: 10/10 (19 November 2005)

The World's Fastest Indian is the best movie I've seen in years. Anthony Hopkins is terrific in this role, I think it's his best performance since Shadowlands. He morphs into Burt Munro completely, he's sweet, charismatic, tenacious, focused, very funny, (his comedic timing is perfect) and even masters the Kiwi accent. We saw this at a film festival, and everyone was laughing so hard that we actually missed some lines. It's a very uplifting, inspiring, good feeling movie and everyone loved it. In fact, the audience clapped vigorously at the end of the movie.
Anthony Hopkins always manages to inhibit his characters, as he does in this movie, but he also uses his talents to nail the accent, and even his appearance seems different. You've never seen him this funny and likable before. He becomes Burt Munro in every respect, and the audience is won over in the first few minutes of the film - just like Burt wins everyone he meets on the way to his quest for the land speed record for his Indian motorcycle. Go see it you'll be glad you did, I was. In fact, I can't wait to see it again!