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01/07/05
Prefontaine (1997)
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Reviews Counted:25
Fresh:16
Rotten:9
Average Rating:6.5/10
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Reviews for Prefontaine
With its moving final scenes and well-developed subject, the story of Steve Prefontaine is a decidedly well-told American tale.
10/19/04
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01/01/00
Leto is the greatest beneficiary of these moments, seizing upon the opportunity to convincingly capture Prefontaine's egotistical, enigmatic, obsessive, charismatic personality even when the script fails to do so.
06/05/02
Here is a sports movie in the tradition of the best sportswriting, where athletes are portrayed warts and all. You do not have to be nice to win races, but you have to be good.
01/01/00
Top CriticThe by-the-numbers athlete story is interesting, but leaves no lasting impression.
01/01/00
Ultimately, the script doesn't give us any real insights into Prefontaine's prickly personality or show us why he needed to prove himself.
01/01/00
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01/01/00
A reasonably good retelling of the life story of Steve Prefontaine.
01/01/00
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01/24/04
The biggest problem is the script, which rarely rings true and is full of trite little phrases.
01/01/00
Though it is always pleasant and agreeable, this film has the bland and undemanding texture that characterizes movies made for network TV.
02/14/01
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11/06/02
Disappointingly colorless and squeaky-clean.
05/20/03
Top CriticNow Steve Prefontaine can be immortalized for the complex and shining star that he was.
05/14/03
The film is refreshingly unsentimental, intelligent, and compelling (the race scenes areparticularly effective: even if you know the outcomes, these function as mini-dramas in themselves).
01/01/00
Steve James knows his film-making, whether the subject is fact or fiction.
01/01/00
One of the better sports movies to come from Hollywood in recent years.
02/19/04
James tries too hard to bring closure to Pre's life, and, as a result, strays a little too far into melodrama. The tearful reminiscences at the end, not to mention some of the stuff at the funeral, lay it on thickly.
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