2021 · sports · drama · period
83
Directed by Kabir Khan2h 40m2021
On the 25th of June 1983, the Lord’s Cricket Ground witnessed one of the biggest underdog stories in the history of sports. Fourteen inspired players - led by a man's self-belief and conviction - fought against all odds and orchestrated India’s greatest sporting triumph by beating the two-time World Champions West Indies.
Our read: 83 (2021) reads as a warm, breathless, grounded sports · drama · period entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Warm, breathless, measured sports / drama, grounded in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, measured.
- warm
- kinetic
- redemptive
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