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The Loneliness of the
Long Distance Runner (1962)

Rate: 3
Viewed: 4/08

4/08: Because of the title The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, I thought it would be about running.

Then again, Tony Richardson is the director of the film which is enough to tell me otherwise. All he does is make mediocre pictures. The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner turns out to be just that. Plus, it's not even a movie about running. What a joke.

The acting isn't bad. Tom Courtenay does fine, but he would've benefited from a better director. The cinematography is fair at times, and the editing is nice. But it's the direction that's lacking. There are a lot of random scenes that don't add up to much. The flashbacks aren't done well as they haphazardly come and go.

All in all, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner is slow, dull, and pointless.

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