The Racer

Released Sep 18, 2020

1 hr. 36 min.

Drama

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A seasoned support rider experiences the most dramatic three days of his life -- and potentially the end of his career -- at the opening Irish stages of the notorious 1998 Tour de France.

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Grainne C

Doesn't pull any punches about the grittyness and obsession needed to win a cycling race. A great at the end of his career being chewed up and spat out. I'm confused by the ending though, I couldn't make out if he wad cycling

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/21/23

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gavan h

As a former amateur cyclist and a volunteer at the 1998 TdF and seeing the finish in Phoenix Park and then travelling to Cork to watch the last km this film really speaks to my brain. I love the gritty realism of the professional cycling world at this time. Cycling was the instigator of drugs testing in sport. However, most other sports do not now live up to the ideals of amateur and professional cycling. A beautiful film, at times too steryotypical or trying to simply explain the cycling culture of 1998. But, I really appreciate the darkness of this film. Low budget but high ideals. Excellent.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Kieron J. Walsh

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Louis Talpe

Dominique Chabol

Matteo Simoni

Lupo "Tartare" Marino

Tara Lee

Dr. Lynn Brennan

Iain Glen

"Sonny" McElhone

Karel Roden

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Kevin Maher

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The script is undercooked and flits between formats (Is it a romance? A thriller? A sports movie?) without settling on one.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 18, 2020

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Ian Freer

Empire Magazine

There is some nice insight into cycling-team practices, but overall The Racer lacks sufficient nuance, specificity and originality to nab the yellow jersey.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 17, 2020

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Cath Clarke

Guardian

What the film does very well is show how doping became so normalised.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 16, 2020

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Alan Zilberman

Washington City Paper

This is a sad film about the limits of the body and the rationalizations we can make when we sacrifice our integrity.

Mar 2, 2021

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Freda Cooper

The People's Movies

A morality tale/drama combo with intelligence and style and a muscular performance from Louis Talpe, it suffers from reflecting the distant central character's reluctance to engage.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 10, 2021

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Brian Lloyd

entertainment.ie

'The Racer' makes no qualms about how brutal and how unglamorous the sport of cycling is. If anything, it revels in it.

Rated: 3.5/5

Feb 9, 2021

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Synopsis

A seasoned support rider experiences the most dramatic three days of his life -- and potentially the end of his career -- at the opening Irish stages of the notorious 1998 Tour de France.

Director: Kieron J. Walsh
Executive Producer: Kieron J. Walsh
Screenwriter: Kieron J. Walsh
Distributor: Gravitas Ventures
Production Co: Eurimages Fund of the Council of Europe, Caviar Films, Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Inevitable Pictures , Calach Films, Screen Flanders, Blinder Films, Screen Ireland, RTE, Eurimages
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English (United Kingdom)
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 18, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 18, 2020

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