Personal Best

2012

1h 29m

Documentary

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78%

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9 Reviews

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

Filmmaker Sam Blair spends four years filming up-and-coming British sprinters as they train to compete in the 2012 Olympic games.

Tim Robey

Daily Telegraph (UK)

The portraits could have done with a little more intimacy and drama, but the richly ambient score and sound design, over brooding shots of London's tower blocks, knit it hypnotically together, and the photography's splendid.

Rated: 3/5

May 25, 2012

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London Evening Standard

How nice to see a pre-Olympics project so willing to cut through follow-your-dream guff.

Rated: 3/5

May 25, 2012

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Steve Rose

Guardian

Until the Olympics happen, the final chapters to these athletes' stories is missing. So we get the pain, but little of the gain.

Rated: 2/5

May 24, 2012

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Alexandra Hayward

CineVue

What Personal Best lacks in fictional tales of love and friendship, it makes up for in real-life, gripping drama.

Rated: 3/5

Jan 8, 2019

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Allan Hunter

Daily Express (UK)

Filmed over four years this documentary captures the blood, sweat and ceaseless commitment needed to compete at the highest levels of a sport.

Rated: 4/5

May 24, 2012

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Alex Zane

The Sun (UK)

At best this is strictly bronze medal material.

Rated: 3/5

May 24, 2012

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Jeanette Kwakye

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Jessica Levick

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Synopsis

Filmmaker Sam Blair spends four years filming up-and-coming British sprinters as they train to compete in the 2012 Olympic games.

Director: Sam Blair
Producer: Jessica Levick
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: British English
Runtime: 1h 29m