American Flyers (1985)
"Two brothers challenge the road. And life itself."
ThumbScore
👍 69%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 70%
(RT: 70%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Janice Rule as Mrs. Sommers
Luca Bercovici as Muzzin
Is American Flyers good?
It's divisive. 69% audience score, estimated from 137 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 70%.
Overview
When Dr. Marcus Sommers realizes that he and his troubled, estranged brother David may be prone a fatal brain disease that runs in their family, he decides to make peace with his sibling, and invites him on a trip to the Rockies. There, the brothers bond over their shared enthusiasm for cycling and decide to enter a grueling bike race through the mountains. However, Marcus' health soon begins to fail, and David must compete without his brother at his side. Wikipedia ↗
