TV-caliber true story of Australian backstroker Tony Fingleton (who authored the script himself) and of the abusive alcoholic father who favored his other two sons, the freestyler and the no-talent bully. (To judge by his rendition of Chopin on the piano in the parlor, before the bully slams the lid on his fingers, the unfavored son could have also had a career as a concert pianist by the age of twelve.) Shakily, choppily directed by Russell Mulcahy, meaning he literally shakes his cameras and chops up the races into split screens. With Geoffrey Rush, Judy Davis, and Jesse Spencer. (2003) — Duncan Shepherd
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