Personal Best

Drama 1982 2 hr 4 min

Mariel Hemingway (TV's "Civil Wars," "Star 80") and Scott Glenn ("The Silence of the Lambs") star in Oscar-winner Robert Towne's ("Chinatown," "Shampoo") controversial, gripping and skillfully photographed movie. Two aspiring female athletes become friends, lovers and ultimately Olympic competitors in a relationship that suggests that the "war between the sexes" is not a battle over gender, but over sexuality. "One of the year's 10 best" (Siskel & Ebert)

Drama 1982 2 hr 4 min

R

Starring Mariel Hemingway, Patrice Donnelly, Scott Glenn

Director Robert Towne

Personal Best

Mariel Hemingway

Chris Cahill
Patrice Donnelly

Tory Skinner
Scott Glenn

Terry Tingloff
Kenny Moore

Denny Stites
Jim Moody

Roscoe Travis

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Personal Best

DRAMA

Mariel Hemingway (TV's "Civil Wars," "Star 80") and Scott Glenn ("The Silence of the Lambs") star in Oscar-winner Robert Towne's ("Chinatown," "Shampoo") controversial, gripping and skillfully photographed movie. Two aspiring female athletes become friends, lovers and ultimately Olympic competitors in a relationship that suggests that the "war between the sexes" is not a battle over gender, but over sexuality. "One of the year's 10 best" (Siskel & Ebert)

Average 6.5
Reviews 34
Fresh 25
Rotten 9

Information

Studio: Warner Bros.
Released: 1982
Run Time: 2 hr 4 min
Rated: R
Region of Origin: United States

Languages

Original Audio: English
Audio: English (United States) (AAC)
Subtitles: English (United States) (CC), French (France)

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.