McEnroe, Faraut asserts, was "a man who played on the edge of his senses." His film brings that home.

A psychological portrait of competition, friendship and a complicated, temperamental prodigy, whose outbursts and lack of self-control threaten to derail what promises to be a fruitful athletic career.

"Borg vs. McEnroe" is an anecdotally gratifying, psychologically nuanced, and dramatically agile character study of Borg, but, despite its extended depictions of a celebrated match, it's not a satisfying tennis movie at all.

Borg vs McEnroe loses momentum during its tennis sequences, but thats just a minor complaint. Advantage LaBeouf.