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From the trailer I thought...


That this was a true story about a mentally handicapped person that went to the Olympics and did well, being that I've never heard of the story.

But then I googled it a saw that no, he actually got last place in everything he did there. I also watched a few interviews of this guy out of curiosity and he does not seen even nearly as retarded as he did in the trailer.

I get this is an "inspirational" movie about an average person pursuing their dreams in a cool runnings fashion. But why in the movie did they make him look as retarded as he does?

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The trailer sucks in general. It's on all the time but I had to come on here to see what it was actually about. The trailer just shows a dude who is I'm assuming disable trying out some sort of sport(s).

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That's what I thought too. The trailer didn't tell anything about his story at all and made him seem mentally retarded.

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