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Armin
Mueller-Stahl, Nthati Moshesh, Paterson Joseph
Universal Pictures; Directed by Jean Stewart
Rated R; 113 minutes; 2001
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subtle, but powerful story about the passion to win and discipline needed
to get there, takes place against a South African backdrop. Mueller-Stahl
is a veteran track coach who loses his day job at a brick making factory.
He thinks this will cost him his chance at getting his runners to the Comrades
Marathon (a tortuous 90 kilometer race that few entrants even finish) when
a naturally talented but untrained girl named Kristina walks into his life.
She is skeptical of his radical methods at first - controlling every aspect
of her life from her diet to her personal relationships - and her independent
spirit makes her push him away. Eventually, his passion for winning that
once broke her down builds her back up into a confident and powerful runner
with a drive to win the Comrades. Their relationship, while remaining that
of an athlete and coach, has shades wof modern day South Africa with old
ideas passing away and boundaries being tested and surpassed. |
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"A
workmanlike thriller that works."
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Philip Wuntch, DALLAS MORNING NEWS
"A wholly entertaining and thoughtful flick."
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Joshua Tyler, FILMCRITIC.COM
"Evil foster parents haven't been this much fun
since Terry O'Quinn in The Stepfather."
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Luke Y. Thompson, NEW TIMES LOS ANGELES |
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