As a sports movie this movie is great. It captures the emotions very well, the cinematography is awesome and the soundtrack is amazing. The acting is great too.
There are a few weaknesses though:
There are a few weaknesses though:
- The movie is far away from the true story. It oversimplifises a lot and leaves out a lot of events and circumstances.
- It is way too patriotic.
- It fails to be critical about certain topics, but loves to romanticize.
- Aubrey is a weird character. He isn't a real historical figure and lacks of depth and background. I didn't care at all about him. Still he has a lot of screentime, serves kind of as a narrator of the overall story and seems to be one of the main characters, except at the Olympics itself. Why was he so unimportant in the second half and why even bother to give him so much screentime before?