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This drama about American track star and hero Steve Prefontaine intelligently looks at the character of this oft mythologized athlete and features a fantastic performance by Donald Sutherland as Prefontaine's trainer.
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Whether he would have won at the next Olympics, we'll never know. What we do know is that Towne, a man of ruefully romantic temperament, has found a soulmate in Steve Prefontaine. Aug 5, 2008 | Full Review…
Whether he would have won at the next Olympics, we'll never know. What we do know is that Towne, a man of ruefully romantic temperament, has found a soulmate in Steve Prefontaine.
Richard Schickel
With a very good part for a change, Sutherland invests the imposing Bowerman with a host of subtly expressed attitudes toward his most illustrious charge. Aug 5, 2008
With a very good part for a change, Sutherland invests the imposing Bowerman with a host of subtly expressed attitudes toward his most illustrious charge.
Todd McCarthy
he understated cinematography by Conrad Hall and sterling work from Crudup and Sutherland lend a patina of class, yet it's in the end a po-faced film. Jan 26, 2006 | Full Review…
he understated cinematography by Conrad Hall and sterling work from Crudup and Sutherland lend a patina of class, yet it's in the end a po-faced film.
Without Limits wins as a sports film precisely because it's not really about sports or a great victory. Jul 21, 2005
Without Limits wins as a sports film precisely because it's not really about sports or a great victory.
Louis B. Parks
Without Limits is an admirable departure from the norm, but its greatest strength doubles as an undermining weakness. Jul 12, 2002 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Without Limits is an admirable departure from the norm, but its greatest strength doubles as an undermining weakness.
Rick Groen
As Pre, Billy Crudup is dynamite -- a magnetic star presence who's unafraid to show how Pre's drive also makes him a bit of a prick. May 11, 2001
As Pre, Billy Crudup is dynamite -- a magnetic star presence who's unafraid to show how Pre's drive also makes him a bit of a prick.
Peter Travers
intelligent character study of a mythologized athlete Jul 24, 2011 | Rating: B | Full Review…
intelligent character study of a mythologized athlete
John A. Nesbit
A brilliantly performed, gut-wrenchingly sad flick Feb 3, 2009 | Rating: 3/5
A brilliantly performed, gut-wrenchingly sad flick
Caffeinated Clint
Except for a few lapses, co-scriptwriters Kenny Moore and Towne allow Pre's aura to remain undisturbed by overdramatization and psychological speculation. Aug 5, 2008 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
Except for a few lapses, co-scriptwriters Kenny Moore and Towne allow Pre's aura to remain undisturbed by overdramatization and psychological speculation.
Sandra Contreras
Prefontaine's infectious enthusiasm is ably conveyed, although the film might have been a stronger and less earnest effort if producer Tom Cruise had played a more active part. Aug 5, 2008 | Full Review…
Prefontaine's infectious enthusiasm is ably conveyed, although the film might have been a stronger and less earnest effort if producer Tom Cruise had played a more active part.
Film4 Staff
A couple of sterling lead performances by Billy Crudup and Donald Sutherland. Oct 14, 2007 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
A couple of sterling lead performances by Billy Crudup and Donald Sutherland.
Michael Dequina
Bland biopic about runners Jul 26, 2004 | Rating: 2/5
Bland biopic about runners
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