Heart Like a Wheel

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Heart Like a Wheel

PG,

1983,

1h 53m,

Biography

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During the 1950s, housewife Shirley Muldowney talks her mechanic husband, Jack, into letting her street race his sports car. She quickly discovers she has a true talent and begins pursuing a career as a professional driver. At first, Shirley is met with skepticism among the racing community and is denied the license necessary to drive professionally. But when she's finally given the chance to prove herself, she shows that racing isn't always a man's game.

Gary Arnold

Washington Post

May 9, 2018

Heart Like a Wheel goes a little spongy by failing to let the protagonist force enough of the action... A charismatic leading performance remains this film's tantalizing intangible - it might have put a good movie over the top emotionally.

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Duane Byrge

The Hollywood Reporter

Apr 3, 2018

Heart is an often enthralling film of determination, heartbreak and triumph.

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Susan Jhirad

Sojourner

Aug 20, 2019

It manages without sentimentality or overstatement to tell a true story of liberation.

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Dec 7, 2006

B+

This charming movie further expanded the roles allotted to women, chronicling the career of Muldowney (splendidly played by Bonnie Badelia), the only race driver (male or female) to have won three times the National Hot Rod Association World Championship

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Chuck O'Leary

FulvueDrive-in.com

Oct 2, 2006

B-

A solid entry in the overcoming-great-odds-to-become-a-champion biopic.

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Philip Martin

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Jul 8, 2005

3/5

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Feb 1, 2019

The best sports movie ever made!

Hagrid S

Aug 7, 2017

4.0/5.0 stars - Grade: B+

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Jonathan Kaplan

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Bonnie Bedelia

Shirley Muldowney

Beau Bridges

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Synopsis

During the 1950s, housewife Shirley Muldowney talks her mechanic husband, Jack, into letting her street race his sports car. She quickly discovers she has a true talent and begins pursuing a career as a professional driver. At first, Shirley is met with skepticism among the racing community and is denied the license necessary to drive professionally. But when she's finally given the chance to prove herself, she shows that racing isn't always a man's game.

Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Producer: Charles Roven
Screenwriter: Ken Friedman
Production Co: Aurora, Twentieth Century Fox
Rating: PG
Genre: Biography
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 15, 1983, Original
Release Date (DVD): Apr 8, 2014
Runtime: 1h 53m

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