If you loved Dolemite Is My Name, try Eddie the Eagle

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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Dolemite Is My Name

2019 · dir. Craig Brewer

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Eddie the Eagle

2016 · dir. Dexter Fletcher

What they share

Theysit in Comedy / Drama / History territory. If that's the register that drew you to Dolemite Is My Name, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What Eddie the Eagle is

Calgary mountains, winter 1988, a lone figure at the ski jump. A mismatched coach and athlete pair, an underdog story unfolds. Dexter Fletcher brings a crowd-pleasing underdog tale to life.

If you loved Dolemite Is My Name, try Eddie the Eagle

Dolemite Is My Name

Eddie the Eagle

What they share

What Eddie the Eagle is

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