Friday, 14 June 2013

A media puzzle

The Cup (2011)

Directed by Simon Wincer this film based on real events stars Brendan Gleeson, Stephen Curry and Daniel MacPherson. On the eve of the biggest horse race in Australia a Jockey's brother dies while riding a horse.

It seems that this film largely sticks to what happened and does a good job of bringing real life characters to the screen. The plot is largely as you would expect but gives a good idea of how sport can intersect with the larger public. As someone with no interest in horse racing I did find some of the racing scenes hard to follow the action, it would have helped if these were made in a more clear manner.


3/5

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