American Flyers PG-13

Two brothers struggle to win a cycling competition and to regain the respect and affection they once shared.
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  • ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO - 2.40:1
  • Rated: PG-13
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 53 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
  • Released: April 18, 2017
  • Originally Released: 1985
  • Label: Warner Archive Collection (MOD)

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User Ratings: 7,441
Scriptwriter Steve Tesich returns to bicycle racing, but he's forced to throw in a subplot about an incurable movie disease to make the thing work.
DVDLaser
Aug 4, 2008
Rating: 3/5 -- Offers a thrilling and positive portrait of cross-country biking. Full Review
Spirituality and Practice
Aug 22, 2004
Rating: 3/5 -- Classic '80s sports movie. Surprising twist, and thrilling bike scenes.
About.com
Jul 14, 2003
Its overwelming sentimentality obscures the excitement of the race and some fine performances. Full Review
Film4
May 24, 2003
Rating: 3/5 -- Good-hearted '80s biking movie has cursing, sex. Full Review
Common Sense Media
Nov 8, 2016
Unfortunately, overblown production just pumps hot air in too many directions and comes up limp. Full Review
Variety
Aug 4, 2008
Rating: 71/100 -- Thankfully, Costner and Grant are able to overcome the bumpy screenplay and ride American Flyers to a satisfying, if predictable, conclusion.
Apollo Guide
Jan 1, 2000

Description by OLDIES.com:

Two brothers who have never gotten along both decide to go to Colorado and participate in the most difficult bike race in the country. But a shadow hangs over them: their father died of an aneurysm and it is likely that one of them will be prone to the same ailment.

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