Eddie the Eagle Poster

Eddie the Eagle (2016)

PG-13 02/25/2016 Comedy, Drama, History, Adventure 1h 46m
72%
User
Score
7.3/10
82%
54/100

Win or lose, always aim high.

Overview

The feel-good story of Michael 'Eddie' Edwards, an unlikely but courageous British ski-jumper who never stopped believing in himself—even as an entire nation was counting him out. With the help of a rebellious and charismatic coach, Eddie takes on the establishment and wins the hearts of sports fans around the world by making an improbable and historic showing at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics.

Dexter Fletcher

Director

Simon Kelton

Screenplay

Sean Macaulay

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Taron Egerton

Taron Egerton

Eddie Edwards

Hugh Jackman

Hugh Jackman

Bronson Peary

Christopher Walken

Christopher Walken

Warren Sharp

Ania Sowinski

Ania Sowinski

Carrie

Mads Sjøgård Pettersen

Mads Sjøgård Pettersen

Erik Moberg

Iris Berben

Iris Berben

Petra

Tom Costello

Tom Costello

Eddie (10 years old)

Jo Hartley

Jo Hartley

Janette

Keith Allen

Keith Allen

Terry

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Media

Eddie the Eagle | "70 Meter Jump" Clip | 20th Century FOX

Eddie the Eagle | "70 Meter Jump" Clip | 20th Century FOX

Eddie the Eagle | "The Ultimate Underdog" Featurette | 20th Century FOX

Eddie the Eagle | "The Ultimate Underdog" Featurette | 20th Century FOX

Eddie the Eagle | "The Protégé" Featurette | 20th Century FOX

Eddie the Eagle | "The Protégé" Featurette | 20th Century FOX

Eddie the Eagle | "You Gotta Fly" TV Commercial | 20th Century FOX

Eddie the Eagle | "You Gotta Fly" TV Commercial | 20th Century FOX

Eddie the Eagle | "Eddie's Speech" Clip | 20th Century FOX

Eddie the Eagle | "Eddie's Speech" Clip | 20th Century FOX

Eddie the Eagle | "Sadie the Eagle" | 20th Century FOX

Eddie the Eagle | "Sadie the Eagle" | 20th Century FOX

Eddie the Eagle | "Believe" TV Commercial | 20th Century FOX

Eddie the Eagle | "Believe" TV Commercial | 20th Century FOX

Eddie the Eagle | "Thanks Mom" | 20th Century FOX

Eddie the Eagle | "Thanks Mom" | 20th Century FOX

Eddie the Eagle | "The Underdog" Featurette | 20th Century FOX

Eddie the Eagle | "The Underdog" Featurette | 20th Century FOX

Eddie the Eagle | "Inspired by a True Story" TV Commercial | 20th Century FOX

Eddie the Eagle | "Inspired by a True Story" TV Commercial | 20th Century FOX

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Reviews

A review by Reno

Written on August 4, 2016

> Keep dreaming brings nothing, need to go out and try to make it happen!

The posters, teasers did not impress me at all. The thought the film going to be a flop. Surprisingly the film was much better than I anticipation. This is a biographical-sport film and very inspiring. The story of a British boy in the early 70s who dreamt to be an Olympian, but the problem is he has not found his sports. By the time in his 20s, he finally finds his interest and gives his best to make his long pending wish to come true. The remaining narration reveals his journey to the world's one of the big events where he aims to soar like an eagle.

Hugh Jackman was not any terrific, he was awesome like usual, but in a supporting role. I think Taron Egerton will be the next British sensation. This film worth...

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written on May 1, 2024

Rarely can the Olympic mantra of Baron Pierre de Coubertin have been better exemplified than by this ski jumper. Now us Brits have a tough enough time at the Winter Olympic Games at the best of times, so the fact that this slightly geeky, bespectacled, young man alighted on ski jumping is even more bizarre. You'd have had to side with his somewhat sceptical dad (Keith Allen). He's not to be deterred, though, and so he heads somewhere snowy (Garmisch) and luckily befriends a local hotel owner who lets him work his passage, so to speak. By his own admission, he's pretty hopeless - barely managing to stay erect after a jump of little more than 30m, but a chance encounter with Bronson Peary (Hugh Jackman) provides the most unlikely of conduits to his improvement and eventual qualification for ...

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