This film is quite dated, but that's okay. No mention of steroids, in a pre-Ben Johnson track and field world. Well, I guess that's not quite true, as one coach did mention things that could inadvertently show up on a test. But that was it. And I remember how things were in the late Seventies, with casual dope-smoking everywhere, and no one really cared much one way or another. The big deal at the time, was the relationship between the two main characters. That would be celebrated today, and the weed-smoking utterly condemned. Patrice Donnelly did very well to not be a professional actress at the time. Mariel Hemingway did very well also, showing her character as naive and almost child-like. There were a few nude scenes, that may have been titillating, but did not seem at all gratuitous. (I recall that Miss Hemingway got a huge boob job for her very next role in Star 80) Overall, I still liked this film.
Review of Personal Best
