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Borg vs McEnroe
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It's the summer of 1980 and Björn Borg (Sverrir Gudnason) is the top tennis player in the world, dominating the sport both on and off the court. A powerful and rigorously disciplined player, there is only one obstacle in his pursuit of a record-breaking fifth Wimbledon championship: the highly talented but ferociously abrasive young American, John McEnroe (a perfectly cast Shia LaBeouf). With three days until the tournament begins, Borg trains religiously in his lavish Monaco home, aided by his coach and mentor Lennart (Stellan Skarsgård) and girlfriend Mariana (Tuva Novotny). But McEnroe's explosive confidence and wrecking-ball persona continue to infiltrate Borg's ice-cool and normally unshakable temperament. With each man the antithesis of the other, both players delve into their formative memories as the climactic tournament draws near and anticipation reaches fever pitch. Visceral and breathlessly tense, the match itself--regarded as one of the greatest of all time--would mark the pinnacle of the 'Fire and Ice' rivalry between Borg and McEnroe; an exhilarating battle of personalities that set the world of tennis alight.
It's the summer of 1980 and Björn Borg (Sverrir Gudnason) is the top tennis player in the world, dominating the sport both on and off the court. A powerful and rigorously disciplined player, there is only one obstacle in his pursuit of a record-breaking fifth Wimbledon championship: the highly talented but ferociously abrasive young American, John McEnroe (a perfectly cast Shia LaBeouf). With three days until the tournament begins, Borg trains religiously in his lavish Monaco home, aided by his coach and mentor Lennart (Stellan Skarsgård) and girlfriend Mariana (Tuva Novotny). But McEnroe's explosive confidence and wrecking-ball persona continue to infiltrate Borg's ice-cool and normally unshakable temperament. With each man the antithesis of the other, both players delve into their formative memories as the climactic tournament draws near and anticipation reaches fever pitch. Visceral and breathlessly tense, the match itself--regarded as one of the greatest of all time--would mark the pinnacle of the 'Fire and Ice' rivalry between Borg and McEnroe; an exhilarating battle of personalities that set the world of tennis alight.
Actors:
Jan Polak,
Emelie Dahlskog,
Rune Borup,
Jackson Gann,
Roy McCrerey,
Daniel Stauch,
Ben Bradshaw,
Tomas Stauch,
Michael Pitthan,
Peter Hosking,
Thomas Kromann,
...»
Jan Polak
Emelie Dahlskog
Rune Borup
Jackson Gann
Roy McCrerey
Daniel Stauch
Ben Bradshaw
Tomas Stauch
Michael Pitthan
Peter Hosking
19 December 1947, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Thomas Kromann
Director:
Janus Metz
Janus Metz
Country:
Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Czech Republic
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November 22, 2017
Surprisingly sombre in tone, Metz's debut scripted feature film ambitiously delves into the psychology of these two men, and that of elite sportspeople in general ... Borg's crisis of confidence and McEnroe's arrogance result in two unlikeable leads.November 15, 2017
... The film has enough elements to be attractive even to neophytes of the sport. [Full review in Spanish]September 12, 2017
What we're left with is a staid little movie that races around the court and rallies itself to exhaustion, a historical drama that enshrines the narrative underpinnings of all great sports stories without doing anything to upend them.November 12, 2017
A compelling and concentrated drama that doesn't waste a frame.September 08, 2017
It's a sports movie for masochistic, vainglorious athletes.September 22, 2017
The final match is an absolute nail-biter, reminding tennis fans how electric this sport can be.September 07, 2017
Though it never justifies the overblown Andre Agassi quote used as its preface ("every match is a life in miniature"), the picture certainly shows how a single match can be made to feel like the world depends on it.September 08, 2017
Game, set and almost a great movie.November 17, 2017
The casting is inspired.November 12, 2017
McEnroe's "unsportsmanlike behaviour" is a no-brainer fit for LaBeouf, who attacks the tennis enfant terrible's profanity-filled, racket-throwing antics with gusto.September 22, 2017
Fails to turn its title characters into three-dimensional people, leaning into their public personas instead of sketching in the details that would make them feel genuine.November 15, 2017
Both players are fascinating characters in their own right. Even more so once their stridently different temperaments come into play.