
A former track coach decides to train a student with natural athletic talent. Tragedy strikes, forcing the student to confront everything that has been holding him back.... (Full plot summary below)
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A former track coach decides to train a student with natural athletic talent. Tragedy strikes, forcing the student to confront everything that has been holding him back.
Leave your thoughts about 4 Minute Mile.
| New York TimesNicolas RapoldMost of the movie is a losing proposition. |
| Newark Star-LedgerStephen WhittyEven if the story itself has been around the track a couple of times, veterans like these know how to bring it safely home. |
| Blu-ray.comBrian OrndorfHas the capacity to explore some compelling areas of doubt, but the screenplay by Josh Campbell and Jeff Van Wie goes overboard in an attempt to secure tears. |
| Aisle SeatMike McGranaghan4 Minute Mile is watchable thanks to Richard Jenkins, but its overall blandness and familiarity will cause it to evaporate from your memory in a flash. |
| RogerEbert.comChristy Lemire4 Minute Mile is efficient in its storytelling — which is fitting, given that it’s about a sprinter — and Jenkins and Blatz have solid chemistry with each other. |
| VarietyBill EdelsteinEngaging performances by the principal players, including Richard Jenkins as a legendary coach beset by personal demons, are almost enough to win the day, but in the end, the cliched narrative is too slight to put the picture over the finish line. |
| Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinIt's a terrific little film worthy of discovery. |
| FILMINK (Australia)Catherine BrownA lazily derivative underdog sporting yarn, 4 Minute Mile treads tired ground. |
| The DissolveAdam NaymanThis film about the loneliness of the young middle-distance runner drops so many heavy obstacles in his way, with such grueling regularity, that it’s like he’s practicing to be a hurdler instead. |
| Village VoiceZachary WigonThe narrative is so formulaic as to feel immediately contrived, with seemingly every plot device taken from another film. |