Eddie the Eagle Film Review

Finished watching Eddie the Eagle, directed by Dexter Fletcher and staring Taron Egerton, Keith Allan, (Mark Benton), Hugh Jackman and Christopher Walken. The film opens up with an aspiring Eddie Edwards (Taron Egerton) hoping to try out for the Olympic Games but can never find a sport the he is suited to. Meanwhile his father Terry (Keith Allan) try's to make him pursue a job in construction like himself only for Eddie to notice a skiing ramp over the road. Years later when selecting the Olympic team the head of the the British Olympic committee (Mark Benton) removes Eddie from the team. Once at home Eddie gets the idea to become the British entry for the Ski Jump as he travels to a training facility in Germany were he meets former American ski jumper Bronson Perry (Hugh Jackman) who reluctantly trains Eddie to ski jump successfully. Overall this was a great film as it dives into the motion of Olympic Ski Jumper Eddie the Eagle that lead to his Olympic debut within a very inspiring and uplifting story. The films soundtrack is great as it uses music from the films time period which works incredibly well to what's happening within the film at the time of a certain song. The comedy throughout the film is also great as the timing is always on point and is very laugh out loud funny. The character interactions throughout are amazing from the relationship that is created between Eddie and Bronson during Eddie's training. While the inevitable meeting between Bronson and is former coach Warren Sharp (Christopher Walken) at the end may be short but is a very powerful moment as the film has worked up to and pays of brilliantly. 8.5/10.