Paul Newman struck gold with this one: he teams up again on screen with his wife Joanne Woodward, and he gets to make a movie about a real-life passion, racecars!
Winning is basically like any other sports movie. A talented man becomes too consumed by the competition, and his relationship with his wife/girlfriend/children strains as a result. In this movie, it's racecar driving, so if you like cars, don't miss this one. If you're bored to tears by loud cars driving around in a continuous circle, try another Paul Newman sports movie, like Slap Shot.
Off-screen spouses argue and try to make the audience fear for a will-they-or-won't-they conflict, but it's not really convincing. There's so much love between them it seems highly unlikely they won't reconcile by the end of the movie. And as for a love triangle, why would anyone consider leaving Paul Newman?
Winning is basically like any other sports movie. A talented man becomes too consumed by the competition, and his relationship with his wife/girlfriend/children strains as a result. In this movie, it's racecar driving, so if you like cars, don't miss this one. If you're bored to tears by loud cars driving around in a continuous circle, try another Paul Newman sports movie, like Slap Shot.
Off-screen spouses argue and try to make the audience fear for a will-they-or-won't-they conflict, but it's not really convincing. There's so much love between them it seems highly unlikely they won't reconcile by the end of the movie. And as for a love triangle, why would anyone consider leaving Paul Newman?