Inspired by a dream come true.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Taron Egerton, Hugh Jackman |
| Director |
Dexter Fletcher |
| Screenplay | Sean Macaulay, Simon Kelton |
| Music | Matthew Margeson |
| Cinematography | George Richmond |
| Editing | Martin Walsh |
| Sound formats | |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2016 |
| Produced by | Marv Films, Saville Productions, Studio Babelsberg |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report | CommonSenseMedia Report
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| Genre | Sports |
| Language | Low impact, infrequent |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | Low impact, infrequent |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None (sic) |
| Comments | |
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| PG: Parental Guidance Suggested | Rated PG-13 for some suggestive material, partial nudity and smoking |
| Runtime | 106 |
| USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ. | |
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| Frightening / Tense Scenes |
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Tense Family Scenes |
| Music (Scary/Tense) |
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| Suggested age limit 12 + |
Positive messages |
Positive role models |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Ann Hornaday  Quirky Olympics movie soars in the feel-good stakes. | 10 |  |
| Die Burger Herman Lategan Saai gedoente oor 'n naïve ski-springer. | 2 |  |
| Cape Times John DeFore Eagle dreams of soaring at the Olympics. | 10 | |
| ScreenIt Jim Judy Cleary nothing novel but certainly easy to watch. | 12 |  |
| Metacritic.com 34 critics | 11 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 136 critics | 13 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Eddie the Eagle's amiable sweetness can't disguise its story's many inspirational clichés -- but for many viewers, it will be more than enough to make up for them. | 16 |  |
| Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics   | 13 | |
| CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Crowd-pleasing underdog story gets a little racy. | 10 | |
What the People say | ||
| Metacritic.com users 30 users | 14 | |
| Rottentomatoes users 14736 users | 15 | |
| Internet 5549 Netizens A Great Movie that left my Wife and I satisfied, inspired and smiling | 15 | |
Average .. 59% | 12 | |