MoPoshy Absolutely brilliant

Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Quiet Muffin This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

Ian (Flash Review)The movie kicks off with the story of Jesse Owen as he started his collegiate career at Ohio State through the 1936 Olympics. It touched on his training as well as discrimination not only from his race but parallels with Germany and their abuse of Jews. Littered with many cliché moments, there is also some very well produced scenes and sets and one great single shot from when Owen's enters the Olympic stadium to him taking his marks and the race completion; not cuts and complimented with a good musical score. Overall it is an entertaining and quality produced Hollywood period piece even though it doesn't dive too deep into the racial topics.

vincentlynch-moonoi Although I enjoy history, I'm not so into it that I can tell you whether there are significant discrepancies between this film and reality. So, I'm going to focus on the film itself. And in regard to that, this film truly impressed me.What was strongest here, in my view, were a number of the performances. First off, Stephan James as Jesse Owens is remarkable. As I began watching I remembered that he had played John Lewis in the film "Selma". He was very good there, and even better here. Let's put it this way...I hope to see more of him in films in the future.I understand that many people questioned Jason Sudeikis playing Owens' coach. I guess I'm too old, but I'm not familiar with Sudeikis, but I think it's a really good and convincing performance. A lot of comedians are also excellent actors. If this is representative, Sudeikis may be in that category.Jeremy Irons, looking old here, is excellent as Avery Brundage of the IOC. I was interested to see David Kross as Carl "Luz" Long, a German athlete who befriended Owens. Kross was superb a few years back in "The Reader". This is a much smaller role, but key to the story. The one mistake in casting was whoever the actor was who played Adolf Hitler. I didn't feel it looked like Hitler at all, and since the actor had no speaking part, it was difficult to judge, but it was the one thing in the film I would really criticize.I'm not much into sports, but occasionally I find a film about sports that I really enjoy. I enjoyed one immensely. I highly recommend it. It seems very realistic in terms of locations (which to a large extent are real) and in terms of racial attitudes of the era...and I mean that as much about the United States as I do about Germany. What our Black citizens had to go through makes me weep.

Aussie Movie Reviews 7/10. In this bio-pic we take a look at Jesse Owens, who took the Olympics by storm in 1936 in Germany. Stephen Hopkins who is known for directing Lost in Space does a nice job of showing us a glimpse into 1936, and the life of Jesse Owens who was a track and field genius. I enjoyed the portrayal of Owens by Stephen James, he was charismatic and a joy to watch. I also thought that his chemistry with his coach played by Jason Sudeikis was well handled, with Sudeikis taking charge and doing a good job. I like true stories and although they are not always 100% accurate, they do help give you an insight into history. I found it was a solid 7, and was hoping for a little more intensity to push it to a 8, but overall just an enjoyable flick. Race Movie #racemovie https://www.facebook.com/Aussiemoviereview/

westsideschl Use of typical subplot formulas found in docudramas to make palatable to a broad audience, especially with esoteric subjects like track and field, i.e. athlete discord; coach discord; coach w/issues; love interest conflict; outside pressures, and so on. I thought I was re-watching the same script from half dozen similar athletic movies. The problem is that it detracts from any chance of an honest portrayal, of authenticity. So much film time was spent on these distractions that very, very little time was devoted to giving a sense of Owens' hard work in training. An odd inconsistency was the coach teaching a new method of starts with head down and staying low for the first ten or so meters - something that was never done from that scene onward. Interesting subplot was on the German filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl who should also show up in "The Boys in the Boat", if they ever finish it.