Without Limits

Pros: Billy Crudup and Donald Sutherland; more complete story of Pre
Cons: some parts drag it down; Monica Potter; not as exciting as Prefontaine

This movie review will hopefully entertain us both because it shall seem to be without limits as was the star of this movie. The movie, though, generally bored me, even after dutifully watching it a second time to better review it. Of course, you...

Pros: Crudup, Towne's direction; inspirational.
Cons: Eh?

There’s no doubt in my mind that I like “Without Limits”, but I am having a difficult time figuring out whether or not it is a good movie. I can only think of very few points in the film that could make it bad, but at the same time, I ...

Pros: great acting, amazing plot, you might pick up some morals and develop a respect for RUNNING
Cons: a sad but true ending

Let me start of by saying that I am runner and I have been running for about 4 years now. I absolutely love it and I can't get enough of it, it just puts me in the greatest mood imaginable. One of the things that I find annoying is how people who are not...

Pros: good acting by Billy Crudup, Donald Sutherland
Cons: some of the speeches gets old

Steve Prefontaine never won a gold medal. He was never on a Wheaties box, never involved in a sex scandal, and except for wearing one of the first pair of Nikes, never endorsed running shoes. In fact, if you asked anyone under twenty, they wouldn't even...

Pros: True life story
Cons: ending

I have watched this movie at least 20 times. Every time it comes on the television I feel compelled to watch it.

This movie is the story of long distance runner Steve Prefontaine. His life, his dream of Olympic gold, his theory on winning,...

Pros: Nice touches in the script.
Cons: Real life gets in the way of story.

A couple of inter-related factors managed to help get this movie ignored upon its release. First, it's the second of two films with the same subject: Steve Prefontaine. The 1970's runner ranked as one of the top distance runners in this history of this...

Pros: Moving, engrossing, great dialogue and performances
Cons: None--maybe a bit melodramatic at parts

When I saw this film, shown in an Amtrak lounge on a trip from San Francisco to Chicago, I had no idea who Steve Prefontaine was. I wasn't even watching the movie--just happened to be in the lounge, nursing a drink while it was playing.

But...

Pros: Pretty good movie, one to watch if on tv.
Cons: One of those just watch if on tv, but not really a "buy it" movie.

This is one of those movies, that you can begin watching it within an hour or so in the movie, and still want to watch it.

I began to watch the movie with like 50 minutes remaining and then I caught the whole movie a bit later on.
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Pros: Great script; moving story; superb performances
Cons: flat directing

Without Limits

Hollywood very rarely chooses to make a movie about a long distance runner. The seminal "Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner" and the Billy Mills story "Running Brave" are the only ones that come readily...

Pros: Great drama, story, and acting, very real...
Cons: Nothing that stands out...

I gave this movie a 9 out of 10.

This is one of most moving movies I have seen this year. Considering I am not much of a sports fan, and certainly not much of a fan of running, this is a very impressive statement for me to make.

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Pros: Cast, acting, well told story
Cons: Can't think of anything right now

I usually catch movies like these when they're on TV rather than renting them at the theater. While channel surfing, I caught sight of Billy Crudup, whom I had never seen before, but found him quite appealing, so the surfing stopped. Then I got into the...

Pros: The best of the 3 movies about "Pre". Will make you cheer and cry.
Cons: Some of Pre's life is glossed over.

WITHOUT LIMITS: Biopic/sports. Emotionally palpable, "Without Limits" is by far the best of the three films made to date about the late, great track star Steve Prefontaine. Killed in an auto accident in 1975 at the age of 24, Prefontaine...

Pros: Behind the scenes of a new sport
Cons: A bit melodramatic

Forget Disney's "Prefontaine;" this is a totally different movie. For even if you don't give a hoot about long-distance running, this movie will capture what track & field is all about. This is a story of strategy ( long-distance...

Pros: acting, story
Cons: none that i saw

Once upon a time, I was an aspiring runner. During that time, I was given the opportunity to meet Frank Shorter of the 1972 Olympic Team. When I asked him about Steve Prefontaine, his ill-fated teammate, he mentioned their times on the team together. He...

Pros: This provided great information on the life and times of this great runner.
Cons: Ending could have been better and more informative about his death.

Run with guts and run with pain or don't run at all is the message that Steve Prefontaine was trying to get across to everyone who watched him run. This movie is by far the best movie about the late runner Steve Prefontaine. This movie looks at the life...