There is just so much movie here. For some it may be too much. But in the same secretly sarcastic way most telemarketers say the phrase, the title of this one is particularly apt.
... View MoreClever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%
... View MoreIt is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.
... View MoreI think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.
... View MoreThis film documents the journey that is completing the Vermont 100 ultra-marathon for ultra-runner Zak. He tries three years in a row and "does not finish" (DNF) the first two years. The training, the physical preparation, the mental preparation, and the pure guts and grit are all perfectly captured and communicated in this film. If you're an ultra-marathoner it will likely hit home. If not, it might just inspire you to become one. Running 100 miles will break the human body down so completely and so thoroughly that nothing more than heart and mind can take you to the finish. This is by far one of my favorite "test of the human spirit" documentaries.
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