2020 · family · sports
Go!
Directed by Owen Trevor1h 50m2020
Jack is a charismatic larrikin who has just discovered the one thing he's really good at — go-kart racing. With the support of his mentor, Patrick, an old race car driver with a secret past, and his best mates Colin and Mandy, Jack must learn to control his recklessness if he is to defeat the best drivers in Australia, including the ruthless champion Dean, and win the National title.
Our read: Go! (2020) reads as a cosy, breathless, grounded family · sports entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, breathless, gentle family / sports, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- cosy
- brisk
- gentle
- redemptive
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How Go! feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want an uplifting Australian underdog story about go-kart racing and growing up.”
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