I am a runner and a returning ultra runner and I don't need to be inspired to run, but this film still does that.
A mix of funny bits, inspirational bits with some sad parts too. Nice easy watch and one I fully recommend, be warned though you may want to run...and it's not as easy as I think this film kind of suggests; even though it does not suggest it's particularly easy! It certainly isn't easy to start running big distance from a standing start.
Once Is Enough
2020
Action / Documentary
Once Is Enough
2020
Action / Documentary
Plot summary
After losing his mother to obesity, a thirty-two year old chubby ginger comedian and vegan son-of-a-pig-farmer sets out to avoid the same fate by running one hundred miles through the mountains of Colorado in one of the world's most difficult ultra trail marathons...and lives to tell jokes about it.
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Entertaining and inspirational
Funny, inspirational, engrossing
I loved this movie. It pulled me in and made me want to do something similar, without ever making it seem too easy. It was heartwarming and made me feel the pain and motivation of the main character. He is very funny, by the way, and I'd love to see him live once this damn coronavirus is behind us.
I would have liked to have heard a little more about how he steadily increased his mileage, but it would probably have detracted from the flow of the story.
Inspirational with honesty and emotional highs and lows.
I don't often enjoy documentaries about ultra running as they are often about gifted people. Not so this film. It's a runner at the back, just making cut offs, falling apart physically and just so wanting something he is prepared to really hurt for the chance to be someone he wants to be. A 100 miler. To do it for his mom, who died of obesity related illness. Two sides of the story, him on a gig doing a stand up and his journey to run a 100. The most inspirational thing is, he didn't totally transform in to some super trim ultra runner. He struggled and was still chubby, he wasn't perfect. We get to hear his inner struggles and his outward torments. We run with him we see how it takes strength and dedication from him and his team. You realise that being at the back is so much more mentally challenging. Recommend this film.