Downhill Racer (1969)
Even if you love Robert Redford and you love skiing movies, I can’t recommend you sit through Downhill Racer. My preference lies with the former category, and since he won a BAFTA Award for his performance, I was looking forward to seeing some high-quality acting. There was no redeeming quality about this movie, and for the life of me, I don’t know why he was honored for it.
Robert Redford plays a skier with hopes to join the American Olympic team. He’s arrogant, rude, and a total cad with the women in his life. Gene Hackman plays the team’s coach, and while it’s fun to see him and Dabney Coleman so young, it’s hardly worth seeing the film all the way through.
The script feels nonexistent, the acting feels ad-libbed, the plot is thin, and there’s more boredom evoked than suspense. Michael Ritchie’s directing style feels extremely European, and I don’t generally like that artsy, noncommittal, aloof style of film. Besides Havana, this just might be the worst Robert Redford movie ever made.
DLM Warning: If you suffer from vertigo or dizzy spells, like my mom does, this movie is not your friend. Most of it is filmed with a handheld camera, and the skiing scenes seem to be filmed by the skier himself, and they will make you sick. In other words, “Don’t Look, Mom!”
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Robert Redford plays a skier with hopes to join the American Olympic team. He’s arrogant, rude, and a total cad with the women in his life. Gene Hackman plays the team’s coach, and while it’s fun to see him and Dabney Coleman so young, it’s hardly worth seeing the film all the way through.
The script feels nonexistent, the acting feels ad-libbed, the plot is thin, and there’s more boredom evoked than suspense. Michael Ritchie’s directing style feels extremely European, and I don’t generally like that artsy, noncommittal, aloof style of film. Besides Havana, this just might be the worst Robert Redford movie ever made.
DLM Warning: If you suffer from vertigo or dizzy spells, like my mom does, this movie is not your friend. Most of it is filmed with a handheld camera, and the skiing scenes seem to be filmed by the skier himself, and they will make you sick. In other words, “Don’t Look, Mom!”
Want to watch it? Click here to watch it on ok.ru. And thanks "goakam oakj" for posting!
More Robert Redford movies here!