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Personal Best

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

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Tim Robey Daily Telegraph (UK) 05/25/2012
3/5
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. Go to Full Review London Evening Standard 05/25/2012
3/5
How nice to see a pre-Olympics project so willing to cut through follow-your-dream guff. Go to Full Review Steve Rose Guardian 05/24/2012
2/5
Until the Olympics happen, the final chapters to these athletes' stories is missing. So we get the pain, but little of the gain. Go to Full Review Alexandra Hayward CineVue 01/08/2019
3/5
What Personal Best lacks in fictional tales of love and friendship, it makes up for in real-life, gripping drama. Go to Full Review Allan Hunter Daily Express (UK) 05/24/2012
4/5
Filmed over four years this documentary captures the blood, sweat and ceaseless commitment needed to compete at the highest levels of a sport. Go to Full Review Alex Zane The Sun (UK) 05/24/2012
3/5
At best this is strictly bronze medal material. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Sam Blair

Director

James Ellington

Actor

Richard Alleyne

Actor

Jeanette Kwakye

Actor

Mike Chetcuti

Executive Producer

Jessica Levick

Producer

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Movie Info

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