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Plot: A rough-and-tumble, former coal miner-turned-rugby superstar meets a lonely widow and they start a relationship. His wild ways and her eventual serious illness dooms their happiness together.
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MCT:April 28, 2008A great character study about a man who can't exactly get what he wants but forces himself on anyways. His short temper and impatience doesn't fare him too well off
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MCT:February 23, 2008
Lifes tough. for some more than others this is a fine example. just goes to show u cant always have everything u want. Love this movie
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MCT:December 8, 2007Great social comment things haven't changed that much so quintessential a movie.Thank god for the Beatles!
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MCT:November 3, 2007
Fascinating and often brutal portrait of a man gradually destroying himself by failing to get a grip on his own emotions. What a face Richard Harris has! You can spend the whole movie exploring its contours. If you've only seen him in the Harry Potter movies, you must watch him in his prime. He was a beast. Here he oozes primal brute force, perhaps comparable to Brando in 'A Streetcar Named Desire,' except more desperate, more needy. His outbursts are shocking. Rachel Roberts shows a vulnerable side that you can't really see in other movies like 'Picnic at Hanging Rock.' The relationship between the two of them is so infused with emotion and heartache. And those rugby scenes are quite vivid and intense, with the dirt and grime and blood and, oh, that thundrous sound!
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MCT:September 1, 2007
The most important thing that can be said about 'This Sporting Life' is just how very intense it is, and most of this is down to the acting of Richard Harris. I have to admit, I have little experience of seeing films starring Harris other than as Albus Dumbledore, but I definitely want to see more now. He steals the screen in a performance that will have you peeling the layers off of the onion, to use an analogy. A dark, disturbing and encapsulating watch that will have you wondering where the 2+ hours went. Incredible.
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MCT:August 29, 2007
It's strange to see Dumbledore/Marcus Aurelius shouting and screaming cos he's normally so quiet and gentle. But this was nearly 40 years before...
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