Prefontaine
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Movie Reviews of Prefontaine
Movie Review: I don't know how anyone can like this movie
Summary: 1 Stars
I've read most of the 5 star reviews and they just baffle me. This movie doesn't even compare to the other movie on Steve Prefontaine, Without Limits. The acting is very poor, the writing is horrible, and the production values are atrocious. It is also much much less factually actuate than Without Limts (for specific reasons why read the the 1 star review, A Customer). People who say that Jared Leto resembles Pre live in a reality that I'll never know. He looks and acts nothing like Pre. Again not even comparable to the job the Billy Crudup did in Without Limits. And there is nothing in this film resembling the relationship between Nike co-founder and legendary running coach Bill Bowerman, portrayed by the brilliant Donald Sutherland, and Pre as there is in Without Limits.
In short this film is a cheesy poorly acted melodrama, and it boggles my mind how anybody could think that this film was better than Without Limits, or even a decent film on it's own.
Movie Review: There's a better choice
Summary: 1 Stars
This is possibly one of the worst movies I've seen. The acting found in this film is that of early 90's soap operas. Cheesy lines fill the scenes in this movie along with Melrose Place esque acting. The script depicts steve prefontaine as an insecure, scared little kid, when he was the exact opposite. Jared Leto does a good job looking like pre but not much else. The running portion of the movie is based more on the easiest shot than on an actual race. Since when did long distance runners run in the middle of the track anyway? I am not denying that the story is one of the best out there but if thats what you're looking for, Without Limits, the other movie about prefontaine far surpasses this movie. Better acting, better script, no interrupting interviews with the actors posing as steves friends and family, and it was actually shot in eugene rather than somewhere in washington. Overall this movie was a dud! Watch without limits, its one of my favorite movies