An amazing movie

Rating: 9/10 (8 July 2016)

I must start by saying I am not the slightest bit interested in motorcycles, so do not let the fact this concerns a bike put you off. That this movie can be, to a large part, about a motorbike yet non-bike people like myself barely notice it, is just one of the things that makes this a remarkable movie. Anthony Hopkins proves again he can tackle almost any role. Everyone know the immortal Dr Lecter yet you can watch Hopkins playing the amiable Burt Munro without thoughts of The Lambs ever crossing your mind. As others have pointed out, this movie has no fancy FX, no computer generated anything, no fights, no shootouts and yet in many ways it is an action movie. It is also a road movie, a travelogue, even a love story. It is a movie that will have the guys reaching for a hankie as much as the girls, and have the girls cheering on the motorbike as much as the guys. Don't miss this one.