American Flyers Reviews

This movie was a lot better than it should have been. Costner as the sick and dying brother does a good job here.

Well... I think American Flyers is a great movie from the 80's.... A great & entertaining movie from Kevin Costner!!!! Even i'm never watch a movie from the 80's... But I'm pretty sure this movie is one of the great!!! Best movie from the year 1980s

Three cheers for two brothers together in a world-class cycling competition that really exciting me to make their win the race.

This film is a film that you can watch over and over, and still feel happy inside.

Kevin Costner and David Grant play brothers that have become estranged after their fathers death. Costner is a champion bike racer that convinces Grant to compete with him in The Hell Of The West, the toughest bicycyle race in the country. They train together, and try to rebuild their relationship, all the while worrying that the congenital condition that struck down their father could strike them as well. The movie directed by John Badham, who helmed movies like War Games, Blue Thunder, and Saturday Night Fever. It contains some of the most exhilirating action scenes in movies, including footage taken from a camera mounted on the handlebars, giving the viewer a riders-eye view of what it is like to race a 10-speed bike 60mph down the Rocky Mountains. Rae Dawn Chong and Alexandra Paul co-star at the brothers girlfriends.

This movie was a lot better than it should have been. Costner as the sick and dying brother does a good job here.

This is a 1985 movie with a very young Kevin Costner in it. The medical test scenes were laughable! I also can't believe someone would refuse to have surgery for a cerebral aneurysm because of the risk of becoming a vegetable, yet participate in a grueling bicycle race where the exertion would surely make the darned thing burst? The only part about this movie that was decent was the race.

like watching this about two brothers who are bike riders and are dealing with a family illness, worth watching

The 80's produced alot of great sports movies and this one in my opinion is an underrated classic. It follows the lives of two brothers, the younger played by David Grant is an underachiever who dreams of success on a racing bike and the elder brother played by Kevin Costner who is not only a champion racer but a well respected doctor in the field of sports medicine. The movie focuses on the bond between the brothers as they prepare for a grueling Colorado bike race. Nice supporting perfomances by Alexandra Paul and Rae Dawn Chong as their girlfriends. Used to be a regular staple on HBO.

This is a great cycling movie! It is extremely cool and the Coor's classic is a totally awesome race! Anyways, I definite must-get for cycling fans.

Could have been a decent ride, if they had just stuck to the competition - but they felt the need to throw in a sub-plot. So, 'American Flyers' just ends up being another half-assed tearjerker, right down to its Rocky-esque theme song, with below average performances, even by Costner, who just simply isn't the kind of lead to pull off a sympathetic character.

Some of the humor might be less appreciated by non-cyclists

4.6 stars. This is an early Costner film -- probably the first one I remember seeing him in. It was pretty good and it had a solid cast for back in the day.

AMERICAN CLASSIC: What a good movie gives you that good ol American tail.. Love it! A bit slow to start but what a finish..

its my best film of all times

I can watch this movie over and over and always feel happy inside.

Now I honesyly picked this up on DVD for $1. No lie. Only $1. 'American Flyers' isn't going to win any awards, cause the same writer won an oscar for Breaking Away, but he won't be here!

I enjoyed this film alot, and maybe more so then most. I know it comes off as pat, but sometimes a feel-good movie is all you need. Even if it is really more a touchy-feely film, then a feel-good film.

The performances are really good, even from the trainer's son, which was rather eccentric. The soundtrack, which was more along the line of both instrumental, and inspired, it was what made the film fee really good. Lifted the spirits. The song in the beggining really did that.

"While 'American flyers' can feel pat,and predictable, it can also warm your heart, and lift your spirit, and also get you watching a movie about a sport you'd most likely neever watch in your entire life"

True Rating: PG-13 For Language,Sexuality includding some female chest nudity(and near the beggining, if you have good eyes, some male frontal nudity for about half a second...lol)and some rough sports action.

Oddly within a 6 year period we are given the only 2 U.S. bicycle racing movies (Breaking Away, 79), and this was years before the Greg LeMond, Lance Armstrong glory in the Tour de France.

Kevin Costner and David Marshall Grant play brothers, Costner the older Marcus and Grant the younger, more talented but rebellious David. Like a large chunk of 80's movies, to heighten the drama, they would add a medical ailment to the story, weather this was in response to the new AIDS virus is debatable but strikingly parallel. Well Costner finds out he has a brain aneurysim, he wont be able to run the race but persuades his younger brother to. It follows the script of older brother convinces younger brother to do something good, while hiding his illness from his brother, yet getting annoyed when his younger brother does not take things seriously enough until the truth comes out. The ending is predictable.

A chance to see early appearances of Alexandra Paul (Baywatch) and Rae Dawn Chong.

I was not particularly impressed. An intrusive and irritating score left me irritated. Just seemed like a bunch of shallow people riding bikes in the American west. Ok, so....

Some good cinematography helps. It just didn't wow me.

I'm beginning the rather lengthy task of entering into the database every film I have seen, at least those I have a decent memory of. Some may have the briefest of reviews while many will just have a number. Those films that I consider personal favorites and/or those that have some historical signficance I will add later when I have time for more lengthy reviews.

[b]Agnes of God[/b], directed by Norman Jewison, is a religious drama starring Jane Fonda, Anne Bancroft, and Meg Tilly. A nun (Tilly) secretly gives birth to a baby and it's later found dead. The film features good performances, but the story is too muddled, so I can't recommend this movie.

[b]American Flyers[/b], directed by John Badham, is another cycling movie written Steve Tesich, the writer of [i]Breaking Away[/i]. Unfortunately [i]American Flyers [/i]doesn't approach that film and can only be recommened to cycling enthusiasts. Stars Kevin Costner, David Marshall Grant and Rae Dawn Chong.

[b]Action Jackson[/b], directed by Craig Baxley, is a D-Rate action flick starring Carl Weathers, Craig T. Nelson, Vanity and Sharon Stone.

[b]Any Which Way You Can[/b], directed by Buddy Van Horn, is the sequel to the popular [i]Every Which Way But Loose[/i]. The film stars Clint Eastwood and an orangutan, along with Sandra Locke and Ruth Gordon. This lowbrow action comedy loses what little charm the original had and ranks as one of Clint Eastwood's most embarrasing moments.

[b]Xanadu[/b], directed by Robert Greenwald, is a dreadful musical fantasy starring Olivia Newton-John and Gene Kelly.