There’s not a lot of material to write about Eddie the Eagle because it walks the line between being bad, and just working enough to actually make itself entertaining. That has a lot to do with juxtaposition, and the filmmakers best idea here was to make it over the top. The story of Eddie Edwards (Taron Egerton) is pretty amazing, but also ridiculous. He achieved a dream, but did so by losing really well in a situation that lost his parents lots of money. There’s a darker aspect to that story (especially since Eddie’s father in this movie is played as an angry man brought down by the class system of England), but the film never lets that become apparent. It would have been smart to maybe express that elephant in the room, but the film doesn’t bother with it. Instead the filmmakers go another way. It’s a way that mostly works, but lacks any nuance. What they did? They made the entire film as over the top as possible. All depth goes straight out the window, but what it’s replaced with is a thin structure of a film blasting on level 11 the entire time. The film is best personified by its most over the top and therefore best sequence, in which HUGH JACKMAN WEARING THE MOST BUTCH LOOKING OUTFIT IN THE WORLD DRINKS FROM A FLASK, LIGHTS AND SMOKES A CIGARETTE AS HE DOES A 90 METER SKI JUMP WITH EASE AS THE CAMERA LOVINGLY USES SPEED AND SLOW MOTION TACTICS TO MAKE IT AS AWESOME AS POSSIBLE. If that sounds awesome too you you’ll probably enjoy a lot of what Eddie the Eagle has to offer. If not, you won’t. The actors equip themselves well in this situation. A lot of the script is only implied, and the actors energy is all there is to fill in the blanks. Edgerton is doing a better mimicry then this film deserves, and Jackman just sells the whole “badass” mold. The film also manages to make ski jumping exciting. This might be the contrast of danger that the film throws in at once making it look easy, and at another time showing someone break their neck, and quickly flop down a hill. This leads to each jump being really, and creates real stakes by the end of the film. As Eddie prepares to jump you’ll want to jump out of your seat. That’s all Eddie the Eagle has to offer,and it’s up to the audience to decide whether or not it’s actually good. I give Eddie the Eagle a 6.5 out of 10.
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