Challenge the Wind

1991
1 Std. 25 Min.

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Mark Whittington in Challenge the Wind (1991)

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuMatt Harding is a boy in trouble on the journey of a lifetime. When a judge orders him to live with grandparents he's never known in a sleepy, farm town, his only plans are for escape. When ... Alles lesenMatt Harding is a boy in trouble on the journey of a lifetime. When a judge orders him to live with grandparents he's never known in a sleepy, farm town, his only plans are for escape. When he arrives at the farm, he begins to face the reality of his father's tragic death in Viet... Alles lesenMatt Harding is a boy in trouble on the journey of a lifetime. When a judge orders him to live with grandparents he's never known in a sleepy, farm town, his only plans are for escape. When he arrives at the farm, he begins to face the reality of his father's tragic death in Vietnam... and his own anger. Shunned by the townspeople, Matt runs up against the school's be... Alles lesen

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7,0/10

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Dull family entertainment

My review was written in July 1990 after watching the movie on Sell Entertainment video cassette.

"Challenge the Wind" commits the cardinal error of well-meaning family films: it's deadly dull. Best chances are in markets seeking squeaky-clean product.

Heavy regional accents punctuate the cast of this Arkansas-lened effort, headed by young Mark Whittington wh returns to his hometown to live with his grandparents. He wants to follow in his late dad's footsteps as a track star and gets added impetus when kindly grandpa (Jay Jones) cornily keels over with a fatal heart attack.

Cliched dialog often sounds like a recruiting poster. Absurd climax has Whittington forced to run to a track meet when his car breaks down and then he wins one for the gipper by delivering a speedy final leg to the team's mile relay race.

Flat, amateurish line readings hamper this modest effort.