Critics everywhere are rediscovering Downhill Racer—starring a handsome young golden boy known as Robert Redford—and they’re shouting their praise from the mountaintops. “Four decades later, Downhill Racer seems better than ever, not merely the best film ever made about skiing (an encomium that’s almost an insult) but that rarest of triumphs—a pointedly unsentimental sports movie,” says John Powers in Vogue. Entertainment Weekly’s Chris Nashawaty also proclaims that this is “the best movie ever made about skiing” (not such small praise if you’re a fan of the sport, maybe!), but he adds, “This alpine masterpiece is one of Redford’s greatest movies.”
The Salt Lake Tribune’s Sean P. Means similarly focuses on Redford, writing that this “riveting drama, featuring one of the best performances in Redford’s career, is responsible for turning Redford into the icon of independent film.” But there’s more than just a glamorous movie star to recommend Downhill Racer: writes the Boston Globe’s Tom Russo: “The alpine action footage is spectacular, filled with skier POV shots that approach IMAX’s queasy rush, and brisk edits that could pass for contemporary. The understated drama is also a draw.”
1969
101 min
Color
1.78:1
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