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.
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08/05/08
Without Limits (1998)
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Reviews Counted:8
Fresh:7
Rotten:1
Average Rating:6.9/10
Consensus: 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.
Runtime: 1 hr 58 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Robert Towne's bio-pic about the legendary long-distance runner Steve Prefontaine. The picture follows Pre's Oregon upbringing, through his days at Oregon University (where he met and worked with... [More]
Starring: Billy Crudup, Donald Sutherland, Monica Potter, Jeremy Sisto
Director: Robert Towne
Reviews for Without Limits
1 - 7 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Top Critiche 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.
01/26/06
Top CriticWhether 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.
08/05/08
Top CriticWith a very good part for a change, Sutherland invests the imposing Bowerman with a host of subtly expressed attitudes toward his most illustrious charge.
08/05/08
Top CriticTowne's most important contribution, aside from his gift for structure and willingness to direct this story in a classic, straight-ahead manner, is the power of his words.
02/14/01
Top CriticIts wisdom, and clearly Mr. Towne's, lies in the film's way of filtering a young man's headstrong nature through an older man's more rueful point of view.
01/01/00
Top CriticDefinitely has its problems, but it's still one of the best sports movies I've ever seen.
01/01/00
Top CriticSutherland's performance is the film's treasure.
01/01/00
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