Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

As an ex runner reduced to the arm chair by the ravages of age and illness, my taste for sports related items did not wane. I had always been a keen watcher of 'Le Tour' and other 2 wheel sports and very late in the day came across Graeme Obree's book the Flying Scotsman. Enthused by the book I searched out a copy of the film. This is a heartening, inspiring film and the bonus is that it is based on fact. Anyone who has been competitive in sport will immediately relate to Graeme's journey and his trials and tribulations. Johnny Lee Miller (of Elementary fame) portrays Graeme in a sensitive and sympathetic fashion, and I only wish the film had been up to date with Graeme's life. A truly inspired and inspiring film which should be made compulsive viewing to all athletes.

I will be honest and say that it was more the cast that I was interested in more than the biographical element or what it involved. Basically, set in the 1990's, Graeme Obree (Scottish BAFTA nominated Jonny Lee Miller) was a misfit who started out training on a home-made bicycle to get his chance to break some speed records. His bicycle was made up with the help of some scrap metal and parts of a washing machine, and with plenty of practise he was ready for the track. He managed to set a new record for his near break-neck speed, with a little help and encouragement from friends Malky (The Lord of the Rings' Billy Boyd) and Douglas Baxter (Brian Cox). He tried to do it again, but he has a mishap and falls into a very bad clinical depression, but he does eventually buck up to do it again, and succeed. Also starring Scottish BAFTA nominated Laura Fraser as Anne Obree, Morven Christie as Katie, Steven Berkoff as Ernst Hagemann, Niall Macgregor as Graeme's Father and Julie Austin as Graeme's Mother. Miller is pretty good, but I remember him a bit better in Trainspotting, and I'm afraid I fell asleep in this, so I can't really rate it very highly, but from what I did see, it's not bad. It was nominated the Scottish BAFTAs for Best Director for Douglas Mackinnon, Best Film and Best Screenplay. Worth watching!

Myth and Legend is all we have of Graeme Obree with all the local cyclists around Ayrshire (Scotland). So many stories of Obree in his youth! Was it him who the cycling club asked to take the shopping basket off his bike before running it a race? A race he won? I had to read the book to find out more. Then the film was made and through a long process finally released and DVD'd. It's an amazing story, and you'd think it was a Hollywood work of fiction.Graeme tried to beat the one-hour record and failed. Yet, his determination was to try again less than 24 hours later. Driven by his depression, he fought to beat himself to that record.Let down by UK cycling where he received none of the funding of other high-profile cyclists, he innovated new riding styles and pushed himself further. Only to find the governing body of cycling to ban his innovations.Even when Graeme was accepted in to the professional cycling world it was on a condition that he couldn't accept - to cheat. Graeme refused to take performance enhancing drugs.Throughout all this his darkest enemy of depression haunts him. But one person stands by him: His wife, Anne.This film only gives a glimpse of Obree's struggles, yet, it's funny and uplifting. Sure, it's low budget, but when you have actors such as Jonny Lee Miller and Billy Boyd working with a terrific script you need little else.Graeme Obree. Legend.

Were this to have been a sports movie, it would have still been very much worth the ticket. However, the personal story and the battles he had to fight turned this into something so much more. I took my wife, my son and his girlfriend to see this and we all came away feeling the same. 3 of us knew so much about Graeme Obree, but my son's girlfriend had never heard of him, and has no interest in most sport, especially not cycling. That we all loved it says they got that balance right. The cast were excellent with Jonny Lee Miller playing Obree to perfection. Ably supported by Billy Boyd and Brian Cox and Laura Fraser as his wife. This film may do something to raise the profile of amateur cycling. However, even more importantly, it may highlight the issues associated with mental illness. Try to see it, you will not regret it.