Personal Best

Personal Best

When you run into yourself you run into feelings you never thought you had

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Release Date

2/5/1982

Runtime

124 mins

Genres

Overview

Young sprinter Chris Cahill is having difficulty reaching her potential as an athlete, until she meets established track star Tory Skinner. As Tory and her coach help Chris with her training, the two women form friendship that evolves into a romantic relationship. Their intimacy, however, becomes complicated when Chris' improvement causes them to be competitors for the Olympic team.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$15,000,000

Revenue

$5,700,000

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A sensual, psychologically complex portrait of two women athletes whose romantic connection becomes entangled with professional rivalry and the pressure to excel. The film moves at the rhythm of training and desire, exploring how ambition and intimacy can both elevate and devastate.

Mood

RomanticTenseBittersweetIntimate

Themes

LoveIdentityAmbitionFriendshipComing of age

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Steady

Look

NaturalisticHandheld

Structure

Linear

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