Borg vs McEnroe

2017

DramaHistory

The Swedish Björn Borg and the American John McEnroe, the best tennis players in the world, maintain a legendary duel during the 1980 Wimbledon tournament.

"Some stars shine forever"

Rating

6.915
1158 votes

Popularity

3.9121

Origin & Countries

DKSE | sv | Denmark,Finland,Sweden,Czech Republic

Production

Yellow Film & TV,SVT,Film i Väst,SF Studios,Sirena Film,Nordisk Film Sweden

Runtime

108 min.

Budget (M$)

16.7 / 7.5ROI 223%

Status

Released

Release: 9/8/2017

Credits

Borg vs McEnroe

Janus MetzDirector

Borg vs McEnroe

Sverrir GudnasonBjörn Borg

Borg vs McEnroe

Shia LaBeoufJohn McEnroe

Borg vs McEnroe

Stellan SkarsgårdLennart Bergelin

Borg vs McEnroe

Tuva NovotnyMariana Simionescu

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Reviews

John Chard

3/28/2020

7 / 10

You can't be serious! Borg vs McEnroe is directed by Janus Metz and written by Ronnie Sandahl. It stars Sverrir Gudnason, Shia LaBeouf, Stellan Skarsgård and Tuva Novotny. The Swedish Björn Borg (Gudnason) and the American John McEnroe (LaBeouf), the best tennis players in the world, maintain a legendary duel during the 1980 Wimbledon tournament. Cut to the chase, this is one for tennis fans to gorge upon, but even then it's a bit too lop sided to fully delight. Being a Swedish production it's heavily loaded towards the personal worries that were plaguing Borg in the very early 1980s. Sadly this renders McEnroe - one of the games greatest and most colourful characters - as being a support player in what set out to be a biographical pic about sports rivalry. However, what does come across is that both men were driven and actually both were tits for varying reasons. There's unsurprisingly some parental pressures, while Borg feels the strain of breaking records (as his wife chain smokes) and McEnroe strives to get on the ladder to greatness. Sure the tennis sequences don't hold up to scrutiny but both Gudnason and LaBeouf (excellent and excellently cast) come out of the physicalities very well. Ultimately it's a character study that doesn't delve too deeply for equal parties, but come the 1980 Wimbledon final, with one of the greatest 4th sets ever played, you should be hard pressed not to rejoice. Not only in the sport of tennis played to the max, but in how two supposed rivals actually became the best of friends. 7/10

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