Chariots of Fire (1981)
"This is the story of two men who run, not to run, but to prove something to the world. They will sacrifice anything to achieve their goals... except their honor."
Critics Score
🎬 81%
(RT: 84%, MC: 78) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Ian Charleson as Eric Liddell
Cheryl Campbell as Jennie Liddell
Nigel Havers as Lord Andrew Lindsay
Daniel Gerroll as Henry Stallard
Is Chariots of Fire good?
Most people think so. 76% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 81%.
Where it ranks on ThumbScore
By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.
Overview
In the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eric Liddell, a devout Christian born to Scottish missionaries in China, sees running as part of his worship of God's glory and refuses to train or compete on the Sabbath. Harold Abrahams overcomes anti-Semitism and class bias, but neglects his beloved sweetheart in his single-minded quest. Wikipedia ↗
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