Yes, 'Jockey' is yet another sports melodrama about an aging athlete having one last go at the brass ring—but it's also a victory lap for extraordinary character actor Clifton Collins Jr., and that makes all the difference.
an award-winner out of Sundance and a Sony Pictures Classic release that the company hopes will haul in more statues before the race is done. His Jackson Silva is a veteran of the horseracing circuit, a man who’s had his share of wins and losses. The years of riding those beasts has taken its toll on him, however, and his body ain’t what it used to be. Silva knows his time on the track is coming to an end, whether he wants it to or not.
An battered athlete past his peak, a peek into a sports subculture, a life reckoning dotted with father issues and regrets, a risk-it-all chance for one last grab at the brass ring: if this sounds to you likewith horses, you’re not that far off.
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