4 Minute Mile

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4 Minute Mile

PG-13

2014

1h 36m

Drama

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A reclusive track coach meets a poverty-stricken teen, who is at a violent juncture in his life, and eventually shapes the boy into a world-class runner.

Bill Edelstein

Variety

A by-the-numbers tale of inspiration through perspiration.

Aug 1, 2014

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Christy Lemire

RogerEbert.com

4 Minute Mile at least has the decency to acknowledge that it's aware of its underdog sports-movie clichs, especially the ones that made The Karate Kid such an '80s classic.

Rated: 2/4

Aug 1, 2014

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Nicolas Rapold

New York Times

More than one interior scene looks underlit for effect,but that's at least something else to think about as the film goes through its paces.

Jul 31, 2014

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Catherine Brown

FILMINK (Australia)

A lazily derivative underdog sporting yarn, 4 Minute Mile treads tired ground.

Mar 6, 2015

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Todd Jorgenson

Cinemalogue

This earnest redemption drama fails to go the distance with sentimental tendencies and trite lessons of perseverance.

Oct 31, 2014

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Jordan Adler

We Got This Covered

Even with Richard Jenkins's strong turn as a grizzled mentor and ex-athlete, 4 Minute Mile is a limp sports drama that fails to be inspirational or inspired.

Rated: 4/10

Aug 1, 2014

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LachedTbnr

Best true story about track ever.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/06/24

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Je E

Humorless, boring downer. There must be at least a thousand better sports movies.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

05/06/23

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pat a

I thoroughly enjoyed it. Perhaps a little cliche but a good movie.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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mauro l

Sports drama in which the dramatic element is as false as in any Rocky or Creed movie. (Mauro Lanari)

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

If you were or are a high school runner, college runner, or were ever at any point even a slightly competitive (or self-respecting) runner, please avoid this like the plague. Running is almost a sub-plot in this movie, despite the misleading title, "4 minute mile." The running bits are seriously asinine and the story is so phony and unbelievable (~50s 400m kid bumps to the 1600m and runs 4:14 in the first race they show). As someone who spent high school, college, and post-college as a competitive runner, this movie is insulting and embarrassing to the sport. It gets 1 star instead of 1/2 star because the acting is mostly solid. If you don't know the first thing about running, this might be entertaining. Have fun.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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As sub 4:30 miler. This movie irks me as one reviewer pointed out the training methods are ridiculous. Interval training cannot be the primary aspect to training and he is a little too built to be a 1600 runner. no pure 400 runner would jump to the mile. Or be able to run 10 miles at 5 minute pace as coleman elludes to early in the film. The thing that stuck out to me the most is how non chalantly they think a highschooler can run sub 4. Considering less than 10 american highachoolers have EVER accomplished that feat . A much better running movie is "Prefontaine "

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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Synopsis

A reclusive track coach meets a poverty-stricken teen, who is at a violent juncture in his life, and eventually shapes the boy into a world-class runner.

Director: Charles-Olivier Michaud
Producer: Howard Burd, Micah Sparks, Deborah Moore, Mark DiSalle, Jennifer Reibman
Screenwriter: Josh Campbell, Jeff Van Wie
Distributor: Gravitas Ventures
Production Co: Management Company Entertainment Group, Phoenix Rising Motion Pictures, One Square mile
Rating: PG-13 (Violence|Mature Thematic Material|Drugs|Drinking|Smoking|Some Language)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 1, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 8, 2015
Runtime: 1h 36m