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Two female runners fall in love while training for the 1980 Olympics.
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.75 x 5.75 x 0.5 inches; 3.2 ounces
Director ‏ : ‎ Robert Towne
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Color, Widescreen, NTSC, DVD, Closed-captioned
Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours and 4 minutes
Actors ‏ : ‎ Mariel Hemingway, Scott Glenn, Patrice Donnelly, Kenny Moore, Jim Moody
Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English, French
Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby Digital 1.0)
Studio ‏ : ‎ Warner Home Video
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00005JNGN
Writers ‏ : ‎ Robert Towne
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
Reviewer: David
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Product as described
Review: Product as described and fast shipping.

Reviewer: J. C. Woods
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: All time favorite "jock" movie
Review: So, I'm having a party conversation with a lesbian friend and "Personal Best" comes up. She denounces it as a lousy portrayal of lesbianism. Yeah, I answer, but it is a great sports movie! And it is too. Personal Best is not just a great sports movie, but is also a great bildungsroman ("coming of age" movie). In it the lead character, Chris Cahill (Mariel Hemingway) is involved in a dysfunctional relationship with her father who is a coach. We see little of her family life. The movie revolves around her moving to a new family and getting new parents: Tory Skinner (Patrice Donnelly) and Terry Tingloff (Scott Glenn, who is, you guessed it, a coach). The problem is the tranference of parental relations is confused from the very beginning by a sexual relation between Chris and Tory. The waters are muddled even further when jealousy rears his head between the "parents," and between Tory and Chris who are set in competition against each other by Tingloff. Through it all, Chris grows up so that, when Tingloff comes on to her in a vulnerable situation, she staves him off (unlike Tory in a earlier scene) and begins to develop her own relationships and her own philosophy of competition. The moral of the movie is: To be competitive you don't have to be better than everybody else, just a little bit better than you were yesterday. You don't have to kill the competition, you can love the competition, but always remember, you are the competition.

Reviewer: Sulaco Survivor
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Mariel Hemingway and Patrice Donnelly
Review: I could care less about sports, or Scott Glenn. I watched this movie for one reason only - the nude scenes of Mariel Hemingway and Patrice Donnelly. LOVED IT !

Reviewer: Dan J.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Classic movie!
Review: This is a great classic movie!

Reviewer: Reviewer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Beautiful old film
Review: I admit I am positively biased in favor of this movie. I saw it long ago when I was young and it impressed me alot in yonder days that now are long gone. Was it the nudity scenes? No, though there are enough of them to attract many an adolescent. Was it the relationship problems that connect and disconnect the personnage? Maybe. But sure it was the sports ethics that attracted me to this movie: the complicated interplay of mental and physical fitness, and how strongly psychology can impact on athletic achievements.If you are not interested in any of these things the film might turn out a giant loss of time (130") and a disappointment on top of it. If, however, you like Mariel Hemmingway or any other actor involved this might be a good opportunity to see them at quite a young age.The digi quality was fairly well, satisfying my humble standards at least. The sound came out quite silent, but that might be a problem with my (European!) equipment.

Reviewer: Marty
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: I remembered this movie to be better than it was
Review: When Personal Best came out in 1982, at about the same time as Chariots of Fire - another running movie - I loved it. But seeing it again, it's lost something. Now, all I see is Mariel Hemingway whining and crying through the whole movie. I think what caught me the first time was the great photography, Mariel's hot bod, and Scott Glenn's great lines about comparing coaching the women's team to Chuck Noll coaching the Pittsburgh Steelers. All three are still great. Just don't expect much else.

Reviewer: Stephen G. Hartman
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: She is still a beautiful woman, she is also a fine actress
Review: Mariel Hemmingway, what do say about an actress to has the family pedigree she has. She could have chosen to live her life as one of the higest paid models around. Instead, she dipped her feet in the waters of performance. She is still a beautiful woman, she is also a fine actress. Great to look at. I just wish she would do more film.Personal Best was an interesting movie, it gave a look at professional sports, and the Athlete's who give their all, a look at what goes on behind the professional games.

Reviewer: Becky Ann Walkden
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Excellent intense sports movie involving track and field.
Review: People talk about this as being a gay movie. It is not. The lovers just happen to be both women. If they weren't the main premise of the story about the stress and strain that world class athletics can have on a relationship would never have worked. Some of the photography is extremely intense and beautiful at the same time. Most of the actors were actually world class athletes too.

Reviewer: Lani E. Tom
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Works fine on my DVD player here in the UK

Reviewer: Vincenzo Landi
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Opera prima alla regia di Robert Towne, che poi avrebbe vinto un Oscar come sceneggiatore. Il film, del 1982, racconta le vicende di un gruppo di atlete statunitensi che si preparano per competere nei trials, le gare in cui si decidono i partecipanti alle Olimpiadi. In particolare vi è il rapporto tra Tory, atleta già affermata (e interpretata da una vera campionessa) prende sotto la sua ala protettrice la più giovane ma promettente Chris (Mariel Hemingway). Amicizia, amore, competizione, rapporto con gli uomini, si snodano in una serie di immagini dove la bellezza dei corpi e dei gesti atletici è celebrata senza ipocrisia e senza pruderie. Il finale ricorda quello del "La montagna incantata", il capolavoro di Thomas Mann: le ragazze danno il meglio di loro stesse, e infine si qualificano per le Olimpiadi, ma si tratta di quelle del 1980, a Mosca: l'Unione Sovietica aveva invaso l'Afghanistan quattro anni prima e gli USA decideranno per protesta di non partecipare. Il film finisce con le ragazze sorridenti sul podio. felici di aver fatto ciascuna il suo personal best. La delusione arriverà, ma ancora non lo sanno. Il film è in edizione spagnola, audio in castigliano e inglese, senza sottotitoli. La versione italiana si intitolava Due donne in gara, ed è da tempo fuori catalogo.

Reviewer: Karen
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Fast shipping, product perfect. Thank you.

Reviewer: Simone
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: So che, per le sue tematiche, questo è un film di culto per la comunità GLTB ma è anche uno dei film più seri e più veri sul mondo dello sport agonistico. Richiede una certa conoscenza della lingua ma merita davvero. Ottime interpretazioni inoltre. DVD semplice ma tecnicamente perfetto.

Reviewer: babyday
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Personal best is a relly good sports drama (if a little long) that stars Mariel hemingway in one of her best roles (the other being 'star 80') as a promising hurdler who falls in love with a fellow athlete(Patrice donnelly) & find their relationship jeopardised as they both vie for a place on the us olympic team.This isnt really a film for anyone expecting a 'gay interest' movie as i found it didnt really focus on the relationship so much as things cool between them & Mariels character starts dating a man & it seems all is forgotten! but it is for anyone into sports dramas or of course anyone who loves Mariel hemingway!