My review was written in July 1990 after watching the movie on Sell Entertainment video cassette.
"Challenge the Wind" commits the cardinal error of well-meaning family films: it's deadly dull. Best chances are in markets seeking squeaky-clean product.
Heavy regional accents punctuate the cast of this Arkansas-lened effort, headed by young Mark Whittington wh returns to his hometown to live with his grandparents. He wants to follow in his late dad's footsteps as a track star and gets added impetus when kindly grandpa (Jay Jones) cornily keels over with a fatal heart attack.
Cliched dialog often sounds like a recruiting poster. Absurd climax has Whittington forced to run to a track meet when his car breaks down and then he wins one for the gipper by delivering a speedy final leg to the team's mile relay race.
Flat, amateurish line readings hamper this modest effort.
"Challenge the Wind" commits the cardinal error of well-meaning family films: it's deadly dull. Best chances are in markets seeking squeaky-clean product.
Heavy regional accents punctuate the cast of this Arkansas-lened effort, headed by young Mark Whittington wh returns to his hometown to live with his grandparents. He wants to follow in his late dad's footsteps as a track star and gets added impetus when kindly grandpa (Jay Jones) cornily keels over with a fatal heart attack.
Cliched dialog often sounds like a recruiting poster. Absurd climax has Whittington forced to run to a track meet when his car breaks down and then he wins one for the gipper by delivering a speedy final leg to the team's mile relay race.
Flat, amateurish line readings hamper this modest effort.