Heart Like a Wheel

Heart Like a Wheel (1983)

  • 100% of critics liked it
    (7 reviews)

  • 60% of users liked it
    (2,111 ratings)

Heart Like a Wheel stars Bonnie Bedelia as real-life racing champion Shirley "Cha Cha" Muldowney. Overcoming sexist hurdles, Shirley works hard to qualify for the major auto race competitions of America. Firmly in her cheering section is her dad (Hoyt Axton), and--at least at first--her… More

PG,
Directed By
Genres
Drama
In Theaters
Apr 1, 1983 Wide

Critic Reviews

  • Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

    This charming movie further expanded the roles allotted to women, chronicling the career of Muldowney (splendidly played by Bonnie Badelia), the only race driver (male or female) to have won three times the National Hot Rod Association World Championship

  • Chuck O'Leary, FulvueDrive-in.com

    A solid entry in the overcoming-great-odds-to-become-a-champion biopic.

  • Kevin A. Ranson, MovieCrypt.com

    ... and there STILL ain't many girls in NASCAR.

  • Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

    A spunky, well-crafted movie about the first woman to succeed in big-time drag racing

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  • jay n


    bonnie bedelia is always good but not usually given parts worthy of her talent, this one is however and she delivers an outstanding performance.

  • Leo L


    Fantastic!

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