Directed by: Dexter Fletcher
Starring: Taron Egerton, Hugh Jackman
Streaming on Disney+ Hotstar.
It's a sports film. The story of an underdog. A person who is constantly told that he's not good enough, by everyone around. His dream of being an Olympic athlete is looked as a joke. It's the biopic of Michael Edwards, a British skier who in 1988 became the first person to represent the Great Britain in Olympics ski jumping since 1928.
Apart from the conventional underdog story, what excited me was the world of skiing, because skiing is a visual sport and the film was like a nice peek into that world.
The coach in this film is also an underdog, he used to be a talented player but he doesn't do good because of his drinking habits. This reminded me of Chakde India where both the players and the coach are underdogs for different reasons, and when they win it gives a closure to both the coach, and the players.
Eddie's father represents all the naysayers and it tells us no matter how thick skinned you are - sometimes it gets to you, like how Eddie is reminded of it all before the 90m jump. Eddie's dad has little scope for redemption in this story, with respect to Eddie - him being proud of Eddie being his kid after he's successful tells us that he's not proud of the efforts, he's proud of the result.
This film's worldview and thematic statement is to give it our best shot and not to worry about the result. There's a wonderful conversation in the elevator to the 90m hill, between the best player and Eddie.
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