This is unexpectedly good movie. What I love about European movies is that end is not easily predictable. There is no happy end guaranteed, you are not sure what will happen until the very last minutes of the movie. Also, intelligent humor is something I appreciate. In this movie it is so well put with the rest of the, not so funny, story. Do not skip this one.
23 Reviews
Honest, touching, fresh take on life
adrianovasconcelos16 April 2017
This is a touching look at multiple sclerosis (MS) and how it gradually wreaks havoc on a family, but ultimately helps build the family's unity and sense of belonging, too. Dani Rovira is very good in the central role, and he is capably seconded by his father in law, played by Elejalde, and his wife, played by the beautiful Alexandra Jimenez, who shows what a woman's quiet and unwavering love can do for a man.
There are many memorable sequences in the movie, but I liked in particular the exchanges among the MS patients who congregate for treatment. Life is a very flimsy and wanton thing, and watching this movie only heightened my perception of how privileged I am to be alive, healthy, and with my own beloved wife and family.
There are many memorable sequences in the movie, but I liked in particular the exchanges among the MS patients who congregate for treatment. Life is a very flimsy and wanton thing, and watching this movie only heightened my perception of how privileged I am to be alive, healthy, and with my own beloved wife and family.
Powerful
kosmasp13 January 2018
Real life stories are not everyones cup of tea. Then again, when it comes to something like that you have to be a far greater cynic than I am, not to want to watch it. It's a story about overcoming obstacles or at least trying. To paraphrase Curtis Jackson aka 50 Cent "do it or die trying". It's a bit of an exaggeration of course, but it boils down to, if you really want something, go for it and do everything too achieve that goal.
So you could call this inspirational, no matter the outcome, because not the finish line is what is worth all the trouble, but the way leading up to it. No matter if it is the whole thing, or just parts of it. Just the fact you pursue it, should be satisfaction in itself. So if that sounds like something you can get behind with, than the movie is worth watching too ...
So you could call this inspirational, no matter the outcome, because not the finish line is what is worth all the trouble, but the way leading up to it. No matter if it is the whole thing, or just parts of it. Just the fact you pursue it, should be satisfaction in itself. So if that sounds like something you can get behind with, than the movie is worth watching too ...
Brilliant Movie
allanbkchristensen19 March 2017
What an amazing heartwarming story 'bout a man fighting for his life. Watch this and be inspired a 100 times. It's not often that I get carried away by movies like this, but this one got to me. I'm a grown man but I cried several times during this movie. If you haven't seen it yet, just do it, you won't regret it. 7,1 is underrated! - Don't overlook this movie just because it's not a big Hollywood flick.
Such a positive film
tockovdimitar17 April 2017
One of the most beautiful explications of multiple sclerosis on movie over created. The movie advocates the disease and all of the negative effects that it brings to the family and difficulties that causes to the life of the patient and the careers. The language is gentile, the set is perfect and all of the feelings are positive despite the seriousness of the disease. I felt totally inspired by Ramon, he offers inspiration, courage and gives strength not just for the MS survivors but to the general public as well. The producers and all of the participants in the movies should receive the most positive critiques as well not just by making story line of such a serious topic but for the decision to produce a movie on this disease which is quite rare in the movie industry. I believe all of the participants in the film should be proud by creation of a movie that will help MS survivors and make this disease visible to wider public. Most perfect part of the movie is that despite of the main topic, it tackled relations within the family and introduced Nino Bravo to the viewers. Music, dialogues, photography and costumes are extraordinary for Spanish movie. Dani Rovira is remarkable, perfect characterization of MS survivor, perfect actor, just perfect. Excellent movie...
beautiful movie
gabriellanzi24 June 2017
This movie is about overcoming, it's a wonderful movie.
It's one of the best movies I've ever seen in my life.
I believe that everyone should watch and understand a little more about other difficulties that affect other people, it is a matter of tact, empathy and living a little the life of those who suffer from multiple sclerosis.
The film involves drama, love, family and a magnificent story about people who overcome their obstacles.
It's one of the best movies I've ever seen in my life.
I believe that everyone should watch and understand a little more about other difficulties that affect other people, it is a matter of tact, empathy and living a little the life of those who suffer from multiple sclerosis.
The film involves drama, love, family and a magnificent story about people who overcome their obstacles.
A sensitive and thought-provoking film , very good directed , and being based on real life events.
ma-cortes10 August 2018
Based on the incredible and touching true story of a Spanish young with multiple sclerosis . A business man , Manolo : Dani Rovira , who has his woman pregnant : Alexandra Jimenez , undergoes a terrible illness : multiple sclerosis . As the hospital scanner gives him a sad diagnosis that disturbs his family , as we watch how it gradually wreaks havoc on the united group . At hospital he meets other sick people : Alba Riva , David Verdaguer , Bruno Bergonzini and befriend to them , most of them submitted to wheelchairs . Then , to better himself and overcome obstacles , as he is helped by his beloved wife and a grumpy old man who results to be his grizzled , father-in-law : Karra Errejalde , he is a fashioned man who grows medical marijuana and hides dark secrets . Then Manolo himself makes a bet , to finish a difficult Triathlon , an Iron-Man feat : 3,8 km swimming, 180 km cycling and 42 km running. And he was told that he could not make 100 metres. ¡ Everybody suffers an incurable and degenerative illness: Life ¡ . ¡ Giving up is not an option ¡
This great picture involves deep drama, emotion , love story , family , human values and a provoking story about people who surmount their vital difficulties .This is a stirring and sensitive look at multiple sclerosis (MS) and , but ultimately attempts to construct family's unity and sense of love , friendship , to improve themselves , and belonging , too . The film is pretty good , but relies heavily on the relationships between husband-wife along with the father in law . Dani Rovira and Alexandra Jimenez deliver top-drawer interpretations as the enjoyable marriage whose lives go wrong when receive the fateful fate . Karra Elejalde gives a splendid as well as sympatheric acting as the angry widower , as usual , creating an awesome chemical with his son in law/Dani Rovira . Karra suggested Dani Rovira for the lead role when he was offered the project. Support cast is frankly excellent , such as : David Verdaguer , Clara Segura as Dra. Berta , Alba Ribas , Bruno Bergonzini , Andrés Velencoso and Maria de Medeiros who long years ago co-starred along with Karra Elejade : Airbag . Furthermore , the extras of the hospital scenes are, actually, real patients and real doctors from the Institut Guttman. Most of the extras of the Iron Man scenes are also actual athletes too.
Xavi Gimenez cinematography is excellent creating an adequate environment , , he's expert on sombre photography as well as frightening and scary atmosphere ( Machinist , Transsiberian , Fragile , Intact , Nameless , The secret of Marrowbone ) but he has photographed spectacular and sunny films ( Agora, Libertador , La gran aventura de Mortadelo y Filemón) , too . Being shot on location in Tavertet, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (exteriors, top of the mountain) , Calella, Barcelona, (exteriors, Iron Man scenes) Parc Natural del Monseny, Barcelona, Creixell , Sant Just Desvern, Gualba, Barcelona, Catalonia, and Tarragona Catalonia, Spain .The picture was partly inspired from director Marcel Barrena , who wrote too , basing on real events . Marcel won Gaudí Award with his movie debut, the acclaimed TV movie "Cuatro estaciones".Nominated for Goya Awards for the Best Documentary for his first movie for theaters. In fact , "Món Petit" is one of the most successful documentaries in Spanish cinema. His first three movies (one for television and two for cinemas) has been awarded by the Catalan Academy with the Gaudí Award. His two movies for cinemas, "Món petit" and "100 metros" has been nominated for the Spanish Academy, Goya Awards. "Món petit" is considered one of the best documentaries in Spanish cinema. And ¨100 Metros¨was Winner CinEuphoria Top Ten of the Year - National Competition : Marcel Barrena ; Best Ensemble - National Competition ; Gaudí Awards 2017 Best Actor in a Supporting Role : Karra Elejalde , Best Actress in a Supporting Role : Alexandra Jiménez ; Nominee Gaudí Award Best Actor in a Supporting Role : Bruno Bergonzini , Best Actor in a Supporting Role : David Verdaguer , Best Actress in a Supporting Role : Clara Segura , Best Screenplay : Marcel Barrena , Best Production Manager : Teresa Gefaell ; Nomine Goya Best Supporting Actor : Karra Elejalde ; José María Forqué Awards 2017 Nominee José María Forqué Award Values Education Marcel Barrena Castelao Pictures ; Portuguese Film Academy Sophia Awards 2018 Nominee Sophia Best Original Music Rodrigo Leão ; Toulouse Cinespaña 2017 Winner Audience Award Best Film : Marcel Barrena . In addition , Spanish Neurologist Society awarded the movie for its contribution with Multiple Sclerosis .
This great picture involves deep drama, emotion , love story , family , human values and a provoking story about people who surmount their vital difficulties .This is a stirring and sensitive look at multiple sclerosis (MS) and , but ultimately attempts to construct family's unity and sense of love , friendship , to improve themselves , and belonging , too . The film is pretty good , but relies heavily on the relationships between husband-wife along with the father in law . Dani Rovira and Alexandra Jimenez deliver top-drawer interpretations as the enjoyable marriage whose lives go wrong when receive the fateful fate . Karra Elejalde gives a splendid as well as sympatheric acting as the angry widower , as usual , creating an awesome chemical with his son in law/Dani Rovira . Karra suggested Dani Rovira for the lead role when he was offered the project. Support cast is frankly excellent , such as : David Verdaguer , Clara Segura as Dra. Berta , Alba Ribas , Bruno Bergonzini , Andrés Velencoso and Maria de Medeiros who long years ago co-starred along with Karra Elejade : Airbag . Furthermore , the extras of the hospital scenes are, actually, real patients and real doctors from the Institut Guttman. Most of the extras of the Iron Man scenes are also actual athletes too.
Xavi Gimenez cinematography is excellent creating an adequate environment , , he's expert on sombre photography as well as frightening and scary atmosphere ( Machinist , Transsiberian , Fragile , Intact , Nameless , The secret of Marrowbone ) but he has photographed spectacular and sunny films ( Agora, Libertador , La gran aventura de Mortadelo y Filemón) , too . Being shot on location in Tavertet, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (exteriors, top of the mountain) , Calella, Barcelona, (exteriors, Iron Man scenes) Parc Natural del Monseny, Barcelona, Creixell , Sant Just Desvern, Gualba, Barcelona, Catalonia, and Tarragona Catalonia, Spain .The picture was partly inspired from director Marcel Barrena , who wrote too , basing on real events . Marcel won Gaudí Award with his movie debut, the acclaimed TV movie "Cuatro estaciones".Nominated for Goya Awards for the Best Documentary for his first movie for theaters. In fact , "Món Petit" is one of the most successful documentaries in Spanish cinema. His first three movies (one for television and two for cinemas) has been awarded by the Catalan Academy with the Gaudí Award. His two movies for cinemas, "Món petit" and "100 metros" has been nominated for the Spanish Academy, Goya Awards. "Món petit" is considered one of the best documentaries in Spanish cinema. And ¨100 Metros¨was Winner CinEuphoria Top Ten of the Year - National Competition : Marcel Barrena ; Best Ensemble - National Competition ; Gaudí Awards 2017 Best Actor in a Supporting Role : Karra Elejalde , Best Actress in a Supporting Role : Alexandra Jiménez ; Nominee Gaudí Award Best Actor in a Supporting Role : Bruno Bergonzini , Best Actor in a Supporting Role : David Verdaguer , Best Actress in a Supporting Role : Clara Segura , Best Screenplay : Marcel Barrena , Best Production Manager : Teresa Gefaell ; Nomine Goya Best Supporting Actor : Karra Elejalde ; José María Forqué Awards 2017 Nominee José María Forqué Award Values Education Marcel Barrena Castelao Pictures ; Portuguese Film Academy Sophia Awards 2018 Nominee Sophia Best Original Music Rodrigo Leão ; Toulouse Cinespaña 2017 Winner Audience Award Best Film : Marcel Barrena . In addition , Spanish Neurologist Society awarded the movie for its contribution with Multiple Sclerosis .
Top of the Line Movie! Needs more attention!
lindajean404420 March 2017
Warning: Spoilers
This is one of the best movies I have seen. I will buy the DVD for my collection. Even with the subtitles it was great! I give it a 10 star even with the f___ words! I am also glad I did not read any critical reviews ahead of time that might have discouraged me from watching this on Netflix. Hollywood would have spoiled this story. The Spanish production was great. In the title it says this is a comedy, but I did not see it as thus. It is dramatic, but not depressing drama. You instinctively know it is going to have a good ending and that he and his crabby father-in-law will grow close. This is a movie that leaves you feeling good at the end. Give me more movies like this! Too bad they used the F word because it could have a much larger audience.
Deeply touched by this movie!
FL-o24 May 2020
Having my own health issues, seeing sport as a way to get through them, I have been deeply touched by this story. Beyond the triathlon idea, and beyond the multiple sclerosis, the feelings shared by the characters of the movie with the others make this a great movie. And as this is based on a true story, you have got to watch it!
I laugh and i cry , i laugh then i cry , i laugh and i cry again and again and again.
cosmin74200030 September 2018
I almost never laugh at the movies, because i have such a good sense of hmour ,almost all the others jokes lokslame for me.AThis movie make me laugh so many times.I used to rather cry at the movies , but living in Romania , after the involutio from 1989 i reach the grade nothing make me cry.This movie make me cry like a baby.The screenplay is a masterpiece.Actors are brilliant.American movies in the last 40 years can't make a normal human been smile even if is tickled (except some sitcoms) about crying , they c'ant make movies with a little bit of dramatism , tears are excluded , and the spaniols make the people laughing out loud and crying like babyes in the same movies.Thas because spaniols make cinema and americans make commerce
Formulaic Manufactured "Tearjerker"
fatcat-734503 November 2021
Inma and Ramon are a typical middle-class Spanish couple who go visit Inma's widowed father (Manolo). He's living in such squalor that they decide to bring him home with them while they have some rapairs done on his house. The problem is that Manolo and Ramon hate each other's guts.
However, this is not a run-of-the-mill family drama about two clashing personalities. No, it's a run-of-the-mill sports drama with two clashing personalities.
Ramon has multiple sclerosis and the doctor gives him the prognosis that things are going to get worse and worse and he probably won't be able to move someday, so Ramon decides to complete a triathlon to challenge himself. Well, Manolo just happens to be a retired physical trainer.
The film suffers from two very common problems in Spanish cinema. First, the drama is very forced. We don't know why the two male leads hate each other - no backstory is provided. We just get scenes of Manolo behaving inappropriately for no reason and this driving Ramon up the wall. Of dialogue on the subject there is naught except that Manolo and Inma's mother didin't approve of the match (not explained why).
Inma is immediately vehemently opposed to Ramon training for the event. She never really says why and she accepts it almost immediately. Why? Under the condition that Manolo train Ramon. Why? For the convenience of the plot. The reasoning is never explained nor is anything clear.
Manolo is pretty unrealistic/extreme as a character and is involved not only in the artificial drama, but also in the mechanical manufacture of bad humour. In fact, he's usually the comic relief because he's an old stubborn man forced to live with younger people.
We see him try to use a tablet PC as a cutting board, refusing to eat sushi (raw fish), smoking indoors, etc. By all appearances this movie takes place in the recent past, if not 2016 (its year of release) itself. You're telling me in Spain there are people who don't know that a piece of glass doesn't make a good cutting board and don't know that smoking indoors has been prohibited for decades? And are we still doing the "tough guy hates sushi" bit? This scene was stale by the 80s already.
Then there's the romance. An attractive older woman comes to Manolo out of the blue and starts talking to him like they know each other and starts courting him energetically. Not only unrealistic, but also confusing.
The son is a pretty bad actor. The three main characters do well enough but their efforts are hampered by a painfully contrived script. The other multiple sclerosis patients do a pretty good job and their dialogue isn't bad. The writer must only have experience writing for hospital patient characters.
Good cinematography (at the end during the final triathlon scene) and it could have been an interesting movie about personal triumph, but this formulaic pseudo-tearjerker left its shoes untied before the start of the race.
Honourable Mentions: Kickboxer (1989). Yeah, JCVD is a bit of a hammy actor and the whole setup is like a pulp comic book story, but it has an patient but effective buildup of adversity culminating in a show of triumph through athletic prowess. Also it has very little comedy, but what it does have is not only impactful, but believable. When JCVD is running from that dog trying to eat the steak tied to his shorts, you really BELIEVE the dog wants to get that steak and you really BELIEVE JVCD doesn't want the dog to get it.
However, this is not a run-of-the-mill family drama about two clashing personalities. No, it's a run-of-the-mill sports drama with two clashing personalities.
Ramon has multiple sclerosis and the doctor gives him the prognosis that things are going to get worse and worse and he probably won't be able to move someday, so Ramon decides to complete a triathlon to challenge himself. Well, Manolo just happens to be a retired physical trainer.
The film suffers from two very common problems in Spanish cinema. First, the drama is very forced. We don't know why the two male leads hate each other - no backstory is provided. We just get scenes of Manolo behaving inappropriately for no reason and this driving Ramon up the wall. Of dialogue on the subject there is naught except that Manolo and Inma's mother didin't approve of the match (not explained why).
Inma is immediately vehemently opposed to Ramon training for the event. She never really says why and she accepts it almost immediately. Why? Under the condition that Manolo train Ramon. Why? For the convenience of the plot. The reasoning is never explained nor is anything clear.
Manolo is pretty unrealistic/extreme as a character and is involved not only in the artificial drama, but also in the mechanical manufacture of bad humour. In fact, he's usually the comic relief because he's an old stubborn man forced to live with younger people.
We see him try to use a tablet PC as a cutting board, refusing to eat sushi (raw fish), smoking indoors, etc. By all appearances this movie takes place in the recent past, if not 2016 (its year of release) itself. You're telling me in Spain there are people who don't know that a piece of glass doesn't make a good cutting board and don't know that smoking indoors has been prohibited for decades? And are we still doing the "tough guy hates sushi" bit? This scene was stale by the 80s already.
Then there's the romance. An attractive older woman comes to Manolo out of the blue and starts talking to him like they know each other and starts courting him energetically. Not only unrealistic, but also confusing.
The son is a pretty bad actor. The three main characters do well enough but their efforts are hampered by a painfully contrived script. The other multiple sclerosis patients do a pretty good job and their dialogue isn't bad. The writer must only have experience writing for hospital patient characters.
Good cinematography (at the end during the final triathlon scene) and it could have been an interesting movie about personal triumph, but this formulaic pseudo-tearjerker left its shoes untied before the start of the race.
Honourable Mentions: Kickboxer (1989). Yeah, JCVD is a bit of a hammy actor and the whole setup is like a pulp comic book story, but it has an patient but effective buildup of adversity culminating in a show of triumph through athletic prowess. Also it has very little comedy, but what it does have is not only impactful, but believable. When JCVD is running from that dog trying to eat the steak tied to his shorts, you really BELIEVE the dog wants to get that steak and you really BELIEVE JVCD doesn't want the dog to get it.
Absolutely wonderful
daddysarm19 September 2017
It is a sin that this film isn't widely marketed, known & watched. It handles a tough subject. It presents both the highs and the lows elegantly and warmly. This is a 10* on an absolute basis, but even more so relative to the hackneyed, politicized tripe Hackneyedwood makes out of this type of story. I have said it in other reviews and I'll say it again: If you want to see good stories told simply and well, without a bunch of BS layered on top, and without a bunch of over-acting, you have to AVOID HACKNEYEDWOOD & watch films like this.
Great and fantastic movie
franklinbellorin29 September 2020
WONDEFUL MOVIE, FUN LIGHT, YET DEEP. A MUST SEE!
ACA135 February 2021
What a Beautiful Movie
norpatrinidad9 March 2020
I can't believe I never heard of this flick. I love true stories of people fighting against all odds to rise from the ashes, but this baby is in a league of it's own. Absolutely brilliant story, acting, cinematography, locations. This is poetry put to film. And the fact that it's a true story makes it even better.
I especially liked the scenes of the dad and Noelia coming together, walking on the beach (albeit with a metal detector), dancing in the moonlight, that's how you do romantic scenes.
And I totally agree with the other reviewers who say this movie would have been butchered by Disney or any other Hollywood zombie producer.
Why this didn't win an oscar for best foreign film is beyond me.
I especially liked the scenes of the dad and Noelia coming together, walking on the beach (albeit with a metal detector), dancing in the moonlight, that's how you do romantic scenes.
And I totally agree with the other reviewers who say this movie would have been butchered by Disney or any other Hollywood zombie producer.
Why this didn't win an oscar for best foreign film is beyond me.
Amazing Movie!
jhdempse11 May 2020
100 meters was a great movie! I think it really captured the story of Ramon Arroyo. His story is so captivating and motivating and truly incredible. I am an avid runner and this movie among many others helped motivate to get out of the house and go for a run! I think everyone should watch this movie. The direction by Marcel Barrena was really to the point and showed the ups and downs of his struggle to complete the ironman with this disease. All in all one of my favorite movies I've seen in a while.
Grew on me and at the end: Great!
the_oak6 March 2021
Warning: Spoilers
The movie was a bit pretensious at the beginning. Successful young spanish couple where the man is obsessed with his career and then he is diagnosed with MS and they say multiplo sclerosis in spanish to each other to melodramatic effect. The young man and his father in law are fighting all the time also. The old man has moved im with the couple because his roof suddenly caved in. But I don't feel it for them. But then we learn that his father in law might have tried to hang himself and that he lost his wife. Then this now retired gym teacher starts training his son in law for a triathlon to try to fight the crippling MS. Eventually they get along and bond and jogging on the beach one day they meet a weird, beautiful lady out with her metal detector and she asks the sad gym teacher out for a date, although she's 20 years younger. You know how it turns out from here. At the end of the movie and the triathlon race there are tears and emotions, joy and glory and now as a viewer I was totally there and on their side.
I loved the movie however....
myru200024 March 2021
Warning: Spoilers
I liked the movie a lot! Realistic but also funny and the actors were incredible!! Hat's off to them!
However, there is something I have to say about the ending: there's no Ironman competition in this world that would wrap things up before the official time's up, particularly when there's competitors still on the course. So that part of the end is disrespectful to the triathlon community. And it's funny, because they show snapshots from the real event and it clearly shows the crowds at the end. Whoever made the decision to change this part of the end, thinking it adds to the dramatic factor, was wrong to do so. And it's a pity because the movie is really good!
Great movie!
lmaalmen16 August 2022
100 Metres review
JoeytheBrit20 April 2020
A 35-year-old man diagnosed with multiple sclerosis vows to complete an Ironman triathlon. It's surprising just how enduring the triumph over debilitating adversity sub-genre is: there's nothing new about Marcel Barrena's movie, but it's impossible not to find a lump in your throat while watching the final act. Ironically, the dramatic/emotional impact is blunted by inserts of the real Ramon (100 Metros is based on a true story) which expose the liberties Barrena takes with the truth. Winning performances from Dani Rovira, Alexandra Jimenez and (especially) Karra Elejalde, who has something of Eli Wallach about him
Touched my heart
poribrajok15 June 2021
Life with multiple sclerosis
DogePelis201528 June 2021
It is a film that is based on real events and deals with the subject of multiple sclerosis in an interesting way; the plot is moving, the performances are excellent, the music is good, and the cinematography is decent; it is a very motivational experience.
This movie moved me profoundly...
axnt-795796 April 2023
My best friend has Multiple Sclerosis. Witnessing how this illness changed his body, his mobility and his whole life in the blink of an eye, has been one of the most impactful things to face in my life. I cannot express the amount of depth this movie has. It moved me to my core. It's a powerful reminder that everything is possible, and that there are no limits to the human spirit.
I loved the performances and as I musician myself I enjoyed the music. Everybody with Multiple Sclerosis, but also anyone regardless of their health status should watch this movie! It will reconnect you back to the awareness of how powerful we are as humans.
I loved the performances and as I musician myself I enjoyed the music. Everybody with Multiple Sclerosis, but also anyone regardless of their health status should watch this movie! It will reconnect you back to the awareness of how powerful we are as humans.
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