'Smiling Jockey' was in my list of films to watch; I knew nothing about it other than a couple of remarks that made it sound interesting. I sat down with a drink and put it on. I liked the low angle dusk/dawn shots that occurred throughout the movie, but the soundtrack wasn't perfect and I would have liked subtitles. I looked for them after watching the movie for 10 minutes but found none. I continued watching, and at many points wondered am I watching actual people talking about actual events, or are these actors, acting out a story or true-life event. I'm still not sure.
The camerawork continued to be good, but most of the visual was head to head talking, and by the halfway mark I finally decided I had made a mistake with this movie. I continued by fast forwarding the film, and watching a few scenes until the end where I watched the final 10 minutes at normal speed. A little action - which was welcome in a film about horse racing - but it failed to make the movie much more interesting and so I put this one to bed with a low rating. Sorry! Would have been a '1' but the camerawork make it a '2.'
The camerawork continued to be good, but most of the visual was head to head talking, and by the halfway mark I finally decided I had made a mistake with this movie. I continued by fast forwarding the film, and watching a few scenes until the end where I watched the final 10 minutes at normal speed. A little action - which was welcome in a film about horse racing - but it failed to make the movie much more interesting and so I put this one to bed with a low rating. Sorry! Would have been a '1' but the camerawork make it a '2.'
