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Filmmaker Roman Polanski spends a weekend with world champion driver Jackie Stewart as he attempts to win the 1971 Monaco Grand Prix, offering an extraordinarily rare glimpse into the life of a gifted athlete at the height of his powers.
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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
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71%- Reviews Counted: 14
- Fresh: 10
- Rotten: 4
- Average Rating: 6.3/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Rotten: "Weekend of a Champion" will appeal mostly to motor-racing enthusiasts and movie archaeologists.
Fresh: Weekend of a Champion begins as a motorsports movie but ends up a portrait of two wily elder statesmen who have survived into their seventies by skill, stealth and sheer luck.
Fresh: Stewart, found here at the height of his prowess and celebrity, proves a rather charming and loquacious subject, long ago inured to the spotlight and thus comfortable indulging our interest with candor.
Fresh: Polanski and Stewart reunite at the film's end to reminisce, but it's the original footage that thrills.
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