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34 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80EmpireOlly RichardsEmpireOlly RichardsEddie The Eagle turns a long-running joke of British sport into a crowd-pleasing story of inspiration. It’s a solid gold winner.
- 75The PlaylistRuss FischerThe PlaylistRuss FischerThis gentle comedy is more interested in doing justice to the spirit of his achievement and the style of late-'80s comedy than the details of his life, but the resulting confection is sweet and simple.
- 67The Film StageThe Film StageEddie isn’t groundbreaking by any means, but effortlessly fun, packed with irony, and ready to woo even the most unathletic children through countless TV reruns.
- 63Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreAs “Forrest Gump” proved, never bet against a supportive mom. There’s a need and a market for lump-in-the-throat, feel-good treacle.
- 55TheWrapAlonso DuraldeTheWrapAlonso DuraldeAs cinema, it’s an avalanche of feel-good clichés, but as an audience-pleasing machine, it relentlessly pursues its goal and will probably win over viewers who surrender to it.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe essence of what made the man inspiring to so many — it's not the winning, but the effort that's important — comes through with gonglike clarity in Dexter Fletcher's film, a straight-down-the-ramp sports tale that plays to the average man's dreams of momentary greatness.
- 50Screen DailyTim GriersonScreen DailyTim GriersonAs sunny as Eddie The Eagle is, its greatest liability is that it never pushes itself, content to let an amiable true-life tale be turned into a generic genre exercise.
- 50VarietyAndrew BarkerVarietyAndrew BarkerThe pic gets quite a lot of mileage out of several note-perfect musical choices...and Fletcher includes just enough odd angles and quirky compositions to suggest a slightly stranger, loopier vision for this film lurking somewhere beneath.
- 50Slant MagazineKenji FujishimaSlant MagazineKenji FujishimaIt remains more committed to printing the uplifting legend of its title character than in actually examining the human beings underneath.
- 40Time OutTom HuddlestonTime OutTom HuddlestonEddie the Eagle may suffice for a brainless Friday night, but an honest account would have been a lot more memorable.