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| Directed by Dexter Fletcher Written by Sean Macaulay and Simon Kelton |
Alo Party Peoples.
I did not plan to have two inspirational sports films in a row. I planned to review Triple 9 this week... but it's impossible to find anything interesting or noteworthy to say about Triple 9. I saw it less than a day ago as I write this, and it's already faded from memory. And since there's no way I'm wasting my time with Gods of Egypt, we're doing this instead, anyway...
Eddie the Eagle stars Kingsman's Taron Egerton as Eddie Edwards, a British would-be ski jumper that dreams of becoming an Olympian, but his father wants him to abandon his dreams and become a plasterer like him. But he doesn't listen to his father and he heads off to Germany to train under Hugh Jackman as a washed up former Olympian that lost the magic long ago, but all he needs is a starry eyed dreamer to remind him of his love of the sport. It's playing off the same template as Rudy, it has the look and scenes and big moments you'd expect, but Eddie the Eagle works for the same reason that Crimson Peak or Fury Road work, it's not about reinventing the wheel, it's about making the best wheel possible, and Eddie the Eagle triumphantly rolls off into the sunset all shiny and chrome.
Taron Egerton is great in this, he's funny, he's charming, he's consistently compelling and on point, he has great chemistry with Hugh Jackman, this kid is a movie star in the making, I can't wait to see where he goes next. Hugh Jackman is also on point, this is probably his first role other than Wolverine where he's made a real impression, I want to see these two work together again, in fact, someone try and convince Fox to do an X-Men /Kingsman crossover, that'd be a fun time. None of that would matter if they didn't have a good director to capture that chemistry, but Dexter Fletcher makes it all work, channeling producer Matthew Vaughn's talent for earnestly on-the-nose big money shots into big stand-up-and cheer moments.
Eddie the Eagle is a perfect embodiment of exactly what it wants to be; backed by a solid chemistry between its two leads and skillful direction, it sets modest goals for itself and achieves all of them, and it flies above the crowd.
Have a nice day,
Greg.B
FINAL RATING: 4/5
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