Chariots of Fire
January 1981
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Gene Siskel
Although it is extremely well made, I frankly don't understand what the shouting is about. Good, yes; great, no.
Richard Schickel
Like every element in this picture, the actors look right; they seem to emerge from the past, instead of being pasted on to it, as so many characters in historical movies seem to be.
Jack Pitman
No imbalance mars the pic, whose cross-the-board achievement lifts it to an impressive level of unified accomplishment.
Dave Kehr
The battered Britons may have some excuse for enjoying this nostalgic re-creation of empire ideology, but what's ours?
Geoff Andrew
Really this is an overblown piece of self-congratulatory emotional manipulation perfectly suited for Thatcherite liberals.
Roger Ebert
This is strange. I have no interest in running and am not a partisan in the British class system. Then why should I have been so deeply moved by Chariots of Fire?
Critic reviews
Gene Siskel
Although it is extremely well made, I frankly don't understand what the shouting is about. Good, yes; great, no.
Richard Schickel
Like every element in this picture, the actors look right; they seem to emerge from the past, instead of being pasted on to it, as so many characters in historical movies seem to be.
Jack Pitman
No imbalance mars the pic, whose cross-the-board achievement lifts it to an impressive level of unified accomplishment.
Dave Kehr
The battered Britons may have some excuse for enjoying this nostalgic re-creation of empire ideology, but what's ours?
Geoff Andrew
Really this is an overblown piece of self-congratulatory emotional manipulation perfectly suited for Thatcherite liberals.
Roger Ebert
This is strange. I have no interest in running and am not a partisan in the British class system. Then why should I have been so deeply moved by Chariots of Fire?
User reviews

Amazing For a story made nearly a century ago, a movie produced over three decades ago, this film is standing to inspire through time. Few can portray such brilliance these days, and thus, I am humbled, by a generation past, fully capable in capacity to be greatness and be resolved in character and belief. Google, good choice. It's nice to see history, both in truth and film, on a modern device such as this, through the technological advances as the internet and Play store... P.S. Please add a "Buy" option.
Cast and credits
Actors | Nigel Havers, John G. Young, Ian Charleson, Alice Krige, Ben Cross, Brad Davis, Cheryl Campbell |
Director | Hugh Hudson |
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Start within 30 days, finish within 48 hours.
Run time
124 minutes
Rating
PG
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