Winning
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Movie Reviews of Winning
Movie Review: Neat Movie
Summary: 4 Stars
Winning is a pretty good movie. I think what I appreciate the most about it is the old footage of Indy (1968) It really gives you insight into the differences between the sterile modern races and the kind of race that men REALLY let it hang out.
The story, on the other hand, is a little wishy-washy and overly dramatic at times and Richard Thomas really comes off sappy and weird. And the plot stays a tad on the thin side with no REAL dramatic moments or challenges (barr one) that the characters face. Still, the charisma of Paul on screen is very powerful.
I guess my biggest problem is editing. Shots are used to build up drama that never really plays out. Some shots are held uncomfortably long for no reason and the race footage wasn't pieced together to maintain continuity with a lap around Indy. Shots jump all over the track. However, some of the camera positions are very Grand Prix-esk and give you a good sense of speed.
The racing footage alone is enough to prop this movie, but some of the fluff in between could have used some polishing.
Movie Review: Much under rated movie.
Summary: 4 Stars
This film is much better than was realised at the time of release.
While the racing scenes are not up to Grand Prix or Le Mans standards, the above average story line helps that along.
Newman and Woodward give good performances, as does the rest of the cast, including Robert Wagner and Clu Galagher.
Richard Thomas is great in his first film.
Excellent vintage racing footage from the 1966-68 Indy 500's.
Among the cameos in the film are Indy 500 winners Foyt and Unser.
Movie Review: Great Guy; Good Film.
Summary: 4 Stars
Some afternoon or evening when you want to watch racing films watch Grand Prix with Jim Garner and this film. If time allows throw in LeMans with Steve McQueen.Movie Review: Haven't watched the movie yet, but...
Summary: 4 Stars
This is the movie that started Paul Newman's racing career. AND it has Paul Newman in it! I can't imagine it being bad in any way.Movie Review: "Winning" is really Newman's picture all the way...
Summary: 3 Stars
Newman is a successful driver who marries a small-town divorcée (Joanne Woodward), soon after they've met... As usual, he devotes too much time to his career and ignores everything else, and, as in "From the Terrace," Woodward turns in desperation to another man--here a rival driver (Robert Wagner). Newman finds them in bed, and becomes estranged from her (again, as in "From the Terrace"), but after winning the big race, he realizes his life is empty, and attempts a reconciliation (the theme of the "winner" who's really a loser).
The relationship is superficially written, but Newman and Woodward make us care about it... Their first film together since "A New Kind of Love," it's their best since "The Long Hot Summer." They exude a naturalness, intimacy and spontaneous affection that one suspects come from their own feelings for each other... It is apparent in their first scene, where he is slight1y drunk, delightfully playful, and confident (but no longer unpleasant) in his attempt to pick her up; and she responds with smiles and applause at his tricks with a fireman's hat, but looks slight1y uncertain about this glamorous stranger...
Following their wedding, they sit on a swing, drinking beer from cans, talking and laughing quietly... She describes her previous loneliness, and he responds, typically, "Beer's a lot less complicated." They smile, she rubs his back and leans her head on his shoulder: these are people who really know each other, and who have attained a maturity about themselves...
Newman exhibits this maturity throughout... His loose, casual style, evident in "Cool Hand Luke," has given way to an almost complete mellowness... Perhaps because of the confidence gained from his directing experience, he has gotten rid of his mannerisms; and except for the intense determination he shows while racing, he's more relaxed than ever before... Although the script tells little about his past, there's a wealth of experience etched into his face, especially in his brilliant, silent reaction to finding the couple in bed--one of quiet resignation that suggests a lifetime of pain and frustration...
Newman has many fine scenes of quiet underplaying: his camaraderie with Wagner early in the film; his solitude after the race; his genuine warmth in the relationship with his stepson (Richard Thomas). The scenes in which they drink champagne and come home drunk together project for the first time in Newman's career a really paternal feeling--only vaguely suggested in strikingly similar scenes in "Hud."