Eddie the Eagle (2015)

• Year: 2015
• Released: 26 Feb 2016
• Country: United Kingdom, Germany, United States
• Adwords: 2 wins & 9 nominations
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1083452/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/eddie_the_eagle
• Metacritics: https://www.metacritic.com/movie/eddie-the-eagle
• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: English, German, Norwegian
• MPA Rating: PG-13
• Genre: Adventure, Biography, Comedy
• Runtime: 106 min
• Writer: Simon Kelton, Sean Macaulay
• Director: Dexter Fletcher
• Cast: Taron Egerton, Hugh Jackman, Tom Costello
• Keywords: biography, based on true story, based on a true story, sports, 1980s,

	7.3/10
	54/100
	81% – Critics
	82% – Audience

Eddie the Eagle Storyline

A semi-fictional account of the rise to fame of Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards is told, he, since a young age, whose aspiration to be an Olympian far stronger than the odds against him in not being very athletic, not being very coordinated, being nearsighted, and not having the meaningful support, financial or otherwise, to achieve the goal, besides the emotional support of his mother who did not want to burst the dreams of a child. By 1987, at 22, he managed to teach himself an Olympic sport which he performed adequately, namely downhill skiing. Regardless, he is told by the British Olympic Committee that he would not only not make the 1988 British Olympic ski team, this the one and only year he would even have a shot in being prime age, but that he never would in just not having enough inherent talent as an athlete. In learning that the Brits are not and have not fielded a team since the 1920s and that under existing British Olympic Committee rules he would only need to have completed a sanctioned competition to qualify, Eddie decides instead to change sports to make it into the 1988 Winter Olympics despite never haven participated in the sport at all before: ski jumping, he traveling to Garmisch, Germany to learn how to do it. Added to the list of positives fighting the odds against is the needed attribute of fearlessness. Unlike the self teaching he has done before with skiing and other sports, Eddie quickly discovers that that will only take him so far in not even being able to jump the smaller Olympic hill, the 70m, without that help. He is able to secure a “coach” of sorts, Bronson Peary, despite Bronson not totally agreeing with Eddie’s motives. Bronson is a black sheep like Eddie in being an American ex-jumper from the 1970s who fell out of favor with the sport’s establishment, including his then coach Warren Sharp, Bronson now an alcoholic and piste driver at Garmisch, where no one except the all knowing Petra, a server at a local bar, knows his truth. But with every step forward Eddie and Bronson are able to take, they hit one wall after another, from the British Olympic Committee, other athletes, especially members of the British Olympic team and other ski jumpers, and his father, who only wants him to focus on a real life and not an unachievable pipe dream.

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Eddie the Eagle is no downhill crash; it flies with upbeat spirit and lands with a comedic tone.

As a Southern-Californian, snow might as well come from a different world. We receive at the most, a few flurries in the winter, but even then, it needs to be on a full moon on a leap year if it’s not Tuesday. That said, we can still provide a wealth of athletes in sports that are played in the winter. Both local ice hockey teams, the Anaheim Ducks and the Los Angeles Kings, have won the Stanley Cup and are seen as some of the best hockey teams in America. Shaun White, famous snowboarder, hails from San Diego and Michelle Kwan, the figure skater, is from the L.A. area.

The lesson here is that a champion can come from anywhere. A good movie that provides this example is Cool Runnings from Disney. This portrays the country of Jamaica creating a bobsled team for the 1988 Winter Olympics. Though goofy and clearly not a realistic representation of what happened, the movie was upbeat about one following their dreams to become an Olympic athlete. What’s interesting that today’s movie was set during the same 1988 Olympics. Eddie the Eagle looks at an aspiring ski jumper as he tries to go fro the gold.

Ever since he was a young boy, Eddie Edwards has wanted to go to the Olympics, yet has little athletic skill. He tries his hand at several sports until he sees skiing as his best shot. As an adult, Eddie (played by Taron Egerton) seems to be doing well, he’s not selected to join the British downhill skiing team due to his odd technique and just simply not being one of the best. He then sees that the country has not had a ski jumper in a long time, and decides to take advantage of that empty spot to secure a spot.

He packs his bags for Germany at the official training facility where his attempts to mingle with the other ski jumpers are met with laughter. While trying out the hills, he comes across alcoholic snow groomer Bronson Peary (played by Hugh Jackman). Eddie finds out that he used to be a part of the American Olympic team under the coaching of Warren Sharp (played by Christopher Walken). He takes pity and agrees to give Eddie the proper coaching. Eddie manages to win a local match that qualifies him to join the Olympic team. While the odds of winning are low, he’s happy to be chasing his dream.

Eddie the Eagle sounds like your run of the mill sport biography and…basically is…but it’s also self aware of that and has fun with itself. I can’t think of another movie where ski jumping is portrayed and it looks really cool on a cinematic scale. The sport’s high flying action allows for some impressive shots to prove that it was not computer generated.

Like Cool Runnings, it’s also clearly not using the same story, given how silly a lot of the scenes flow. While it’s not laugh out loud hilarious, it makes up by being just as upbeat as the latter. Taron Egerton is proving his worth as an actor, managing to be the perfect athlete and dweeb in one crazy experiment. You know his character is out of their element, but Taron makes him very likable. Hugh Jackman does well as his coach, more or less throwing in a lot of his charm and ability to play off the comedic writing to his advantage. Hugh gains cool points for his shot of ski jumping with a cigarette in his mouth.

Going into Eddie the Eagle, you really need to be in the right mood for it to hit you in the right spot.

I’ll give this eight and a half ski jumpers out of ten. Those that want a gripping story of an athlete should look someplace else. But for those that want something upbeat like Cool Runnings and Rudy, then Eddie the Eagle should please you well enough. Despite the premise, this is no downhill crash; it’s a flier that knows where to land.

Feel-good inspirational film.

If ever there was a feel-good movie, this is it! Based on a true story, this film is suspenseful, dramatic and hilarious all in one, resulting in an insanely entertaining feature. Taron Egerton is brilliant as hero Eddie Edwards. He conveys emotion so well that you feel every feeling, every failure and every triumph. He is perfect as the nerd, likable hero and champion. Hugh Jackman is perfectly cast as a has-been champion who unwillingly becomes Eddie’s coach. His ‘Bo Derek’ scene is fabulously hilarious and brilliantly acted.

functional underdog sports movie

Eddie Edwards (Taron Egerton) has always wanted to be in the Olympics but he’s terribly clumsy. His father tries to teach him a trade but he has an idea when he sees a local artificial ski hill. Despite working hard to ski, he’s still not good enough to try out for the ’88 Olympics British team in Calgary. He sees ski jumping on TV but the British has no training facilities. He decides to go to Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. The real skiers laugh at him. He convinces former-star-turn-drunken-snow-groomer Bronson Peary (Hugh Jackman) to help.

It’s an underdog sports movie. It’s not always funny. It’s actually a little scary to remember how dangerous it was for Eddie the Eagle. It’s half-persistence and half-madness. It’s fine that this is filled with classic clichés. That’s what clichés are for. It’s touching but I need more outright jokes. Eddie could be a funnier character. This is a little movie that hits the heartstrings real hard.