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The Review - Movies with KAREN KRIZANOVICH
 
Two-wheel triumph for Hopkins

THE WORLD'S FASTEST INDIAN
Directed by Roger Donaldson
Certificate 12A

BASED on a true story, Anthony Hopkins twinkles in this role as a mature man who is determined to become the world’s fastest motorcyclist when most of his peers are looking to slow down.
This New Zealand production not only looks beautiful but also contains Hopkins’ best work to date – a charming, likable performance that is sweet but not sickly.
Director Roger Donaldson’s documentary called Offerings to the God of Speed concentrated on Burt Munro, a Kiwi who, at 72, packed up his souped-up 1920s Indian Scout motorcycle and took it to the legendary Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah to set a world record.
That was in 1971 and now the director, who wrote this labour of love, puts the story into a fictional mode, allowing the emotions of the story to play themselves out in a direct if sometimes corny sympathy.
Sometimes, of course, real life is quite corny. Concentrating on Munro’s unstoppable character and determination, he is at first seen as a joke in his small town home.
With personal idiosyncracies such as living in a home made of concrete blocks, Munro’s character is now given a young lad and a lovely lady to shore up the tale.
Still, it is quite a feat to believe that this man, heart condition and all, could ever realise his dream. But Munro is a man who is open to all possibilities and people like him when they meet him, tending to help rather than hinder his impossible dream.
Simple though it seems, Hopkins‚ performance breathes life into what could have been just another story of triumph over adversity.
A genuine feelgood movie that will have mature adults queuing for tickets.
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