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Plot Summary
A twinkly inspirational documentary about eight competitors in the World Over-80 Table Tennis Championships in Inner Mongolia. The ping-pongers are all in their 80s and 90s; one Australian woman is a centurion. Most of the players have been athletes all their lives, but one German woman only took the sport up as an octogenarian after suffering a stroke. The sport seems to have re-energized her. The film shows that the advanced masters scene is like those in other sports, with rivalries, egomania and even dirty tricks -- like stealing an opponent's bat. Losing doesn't get any less painful with age.
Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
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95%- Reviews Counted: 19
- Fresh: 18
- Rotten: 1
- Average Rating: 6.8/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Fresh: Director Hugh Hartford skillfully documents each person's past and present.
Fresh: A charming and even inspirational doc that follows eight medal-winning veterans of the sport on their way to and through the 15th annual World over-80s Table Tennis Championship.
Fresh: The actual matches themselves, as they approach the Finals and still contain some of our characters, become really quite exciting.
Fresh: Terrific, uplifting, often raw and frequently funny...If the film has a theme, it's how the ageing process can often afflict the body far more than it does the mind.
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