Taron Egerton stars as the bespectacled Olympian in this weirdly mythologised,heavily fictionalised story of Team GB’s only ski-jumper at the 1988 Winter OlympicsAt the height of his wacky Olympics fame, the tabloids took an ambiguous, and laugh-with/laugh-at line on Michael “Eddie the Eagle” Edwards,the lovable underdog Brit who stole the limelight from serious contenders at the 1988 Winter Olympics, having exploited a technical loophole that allowed him to compete as Team GB’s only ski-jumper – despite being hilariously mediocre at best. The papers finally settled on the celebratory tone that this film takes up from the outset. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com