3 Weeks To Daytona

It's not the machine, it's the dream (official tagline)
"3 Weeks To Daytona" - starring Scott Cohen ("Kissing Jessica Stein", USA network's "Necessary Roughness"), Jorja Fox ("ER", "The West Wing", "CSI:") and Rip Torn ("Men In Black", "Freddy Got Fingered"), directed by Bret Stern ("R2PC: Road to Park City").

I was lucky enough to see this at the private screening in NYC in 2011, and got to chat with the director after. It's a film about NASCAR, but it's not all racing - though there are several very good racing scenes in it. Instead, it's a film about the people behind the racing: Chuck Weber (Scott Cohen) drives an airport limo by day, but his real passion is racing... unfortunately, he hasn't won a race in years. His girlfriend / crew chief...

Great Movie
If you love Jorja Fox, race cars, kids & cheering for the underdog, then you will definitely enjoy this movie.

Good
A movie about a man and his dream and the things that come between them, you know that little thing called life. It was worth watching and I enjoyed it. Scott Cohen was excellent as always as the down and out race car driver who still dreams of making it big. He's out of money, on the out's with his girlfriend, struggling at work and at times is a horrible father. All he really wants to do is race his car; the car he can't afford to fix and he can't seem to win with.

He has one last chance at redemption. It's a way to redeem not just his racing dream, but like all good sports movies, if he can fix that he just might be able to put the rest of his life back into place as well.

The cast was for the most part excellent, the story was pretty good, the budget was low, but the movie is worth watching. Just don't expect a big Hollywood production. If you're fan of Scott Cohen or Jorja Fox you won't be let down, both put in great performances.

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