The Racer

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The Racer

2020

1h 36m

Drama

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A seasoned support rider experiences the most dramatic three days of his life -- and potentially the end of his career -- at the opening Irish stages of the notorious 1998 Tour de France.

Kevin Maher

The Times (UK)

12/18/2020

2/5

The script is undercooked and flits between formats (Is it a romance? A thriller? A sports movie?) without settling on one.

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Ian Freer

Empire Magazine

12/17/2020

2/5

There is some nice insight into cycling-team practices, but overall The Racer lacks sufficient nuance, specificity and originality to nab the yellow jersey.

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Cath Clarke

Guardian

12/16/2020

3/5

What the film does very well is show how doping became so normalised.

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Alan Zilberman

Washington City Paper

03/02/2021

This is a sad film about the limits of the body and the rationalizations we can make when we sacrifice our integrity.

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Freda Cooper

The People's Movies

02/10/2021

3/5

A morality tale/drama combo with intelligence and style and a muscular performance from Louis Talpe, it suffers from reflecting the distant central character's reluctance to engage.

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Brian Lloyd

entertainment.ie

02/09/2021

3.5/5

'The Racer' makes no qualms about how brutal and how unglamorous the sport of cycling is. If anything, it revels in it.

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Grainne C

@RT29416210 08/21/2023

Doesn't pull any punches about the grittyness and obsession needed to win a cycling race. A great at the end of his career being chewed up and spat out. I'm confused by the ending though, I couldn't make out if he wad cycling

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A seasoned support rider experiences the most dramatic three days of his life -- and potentially the end of his career -- at the opening Irish stages of the notorious 1998 Tour de France.

Director: Kieron J. Walsh
Producer: Yvonne Donohoe, Katie Holly
Screenwriter: Kieron J. Walsh
Distributor: Gravitas Ventures
Production Co: Calach Films, RTE, Screen Ireland, Inevitable Pictures , Eurimages Fund of the Council of Europe, Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Eurimages, Blinder Films, Screen Flanders, Caviar Films
Genre: Drama
Original Language: British English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 18, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 18, 2020
Runtime: 1h 36m

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