“You’re McEnroe with me and you’re Borg with everyone else,” said my wife, while we watched Borg vs. McEnroe, a 2018 Shia LaBeouf vehicle about the lives of two star tennis players who ...

while Gudnason has us walking away with a far greater amount of adoration and respect for Borg. Like me, the real McEnroe isn’t a fan of the movie in general (too phony, he says) and LaBeouf’s ...

Shia LaBeouf is pretty great as McEnroe and I found his performance the most compelling aspect of the movie (even though the movie desperately wants you to care more about Borg — hold that thought).

Borg vs. McEnroe, a dramatization of the rivalry between ... It’s like putting together a movie on John Dillinger and finding out Clyde Barrow is available to play the role.

But don’t write off Borg vs. McEnroe because of that. Doing so would deprive you of an impressive performance by LeBeouf and a pretty damn good sports movie. Actually, to put Borg vs.

The final score of the 1980 Wimbledon men’s final between Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe, which takes up the climactic last third of the movie, was 1-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-7, 8-6. It’s not a secret, really.

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While “Borg/McEnroe” does a fine job of underlining the bond between these athletes (and toppling the rivalry manufactured for them), the movie’s structural imbalance remains a problem.

Super Brat” – there’s actually an underlying kinship between the two, as the movie builds toward this clash of titans. BORG VS. MCENROE Trailer (2017) The set-up has potential. The ...

Super Brat” – there’s actually an underlying kinship between the two, as the movie builds toward this clash of titans. BORG VS. MCENROE Trailer (2017) The set-up has potential. The ...