Chariots Of Fire

Year: 1981

Grade: C+

Country: UK

Director: Hudson

Review

not the most stunning best picture, but not in the class of chicago and tom jones either. the single thing that kept me most interested was the running, which makes sense since i was once a runner. if the story was about swimming instead i think the film would have been rather marginal. frankly i’m surprised that this one won best picture for two reasons: it’s not that great (raiders of the lost ark and on golden pond were both better [and nominated that year for bp]) and it’s british. to me that seems to indicate that people really liked this film. i think that if it were a close call the voters would gravitate towards the domestic film, but apparently it wasn’t close enough here.

Watched on TV