2016 · comedy · drama · history
Eddie the Eagle
Directed by Dexter Fletcher1h 46m2016
The feel-good story of Michael 'Eddie' Edwards, an unlikely but courageous British ski-jumper who never stopped believing in himself—even as an entire nation was counting him out. With the help of a rebellious and charismatic coach, Eddie takes on the establishment and wins the hearts of sports fans around the world by making an improbable and historic showing at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics.
Our read: Eddie the Eagle (2016) reads as a neutral, kinetic, grounded comedy · drama · history entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, kinetic, measured comedy / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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