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Personal Best

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

Drama2h 4m

🍅74%

🍅

74%

Tomatometer

🍿

52%

Popcornmeter

5.9

TMDB

Storyline

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.

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Details

DirectorRobert Towne

ReleasedFeb 5, 1982

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

$16M

Revenue

$5.7M

Parental guideRUS

Studio

Geffen Pictures

Cast

Mariel Hemingway

Mariel Hemingway

Chris Cahill

Patrice Donnelly

Tory Skinner

Scott Glenn

Scott Glenn

Terry Tingloff

Kenny Moore

Denny Stites

Jim Moody

Jim Moody

Roscoe Travis

Larry Pennell

Larry Pennell

Rick Cahill

Luana Anders

Luana Anders

Rita Cahill

George De La Pena

George De La Pena

Raoul

Kari G. Peyton

Penny Brill

Jodi Anderson

Nadia "Pooch" Anderson

Maren Seidler

Tanya

Martha Watson

Sheila

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Reviews

8 reviews · 7 critics

5 fresh · 2 rotten

Critics consensus

“Mariel Hemingway has a career-making star turn in this highly physical drama about two Olympic athletes who find each other during competitive training.”

74% TomatometerRotten Tomatoes

B

Bob Thomas

RTAssociated PressOct 22, 2018

The leads are convincingly athletic, the characters well drawn.

P

Peter Hartlaub

RTSan Francisco ChronicleMay 30, 2018

[Robert] Towne's direction can be frustrating - at one point Donnelly and Hemingway run up a sand dune for what seems like five minutes - but the result is 50 percent more realistic than the average sports film.

P

Pamela Kessler

RTWashington PostMay 30, 2018

But "Personal Best" only jogs along sometimes: It suffers from fleshing out.

M

Malinda Lo

RTAfterEllen.comMay 6, 2024

In effect, Personal Best was among the first of a rising tide of gay and lesbian films with relatively positive messages. For the first time, gays and lesbians began to find love in the movies, and... happy endings began to be seen.

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Information

Title

Personal Best

Released

Feb 5, 1982

Rated

R

Region of Origin

United States of America

Original Audio

English

Runtime

2h 4m

Status

Released

Studio

Geffen Pictures

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