02/01/2021
Could the best sports movie of 2021 be a story about a jockey trying to win one last championship in his career? (Apologies to
Space Jam: A New Legacy, which will probably earn that title.)
During this past weekend, the 2021 Sundance Film Festival debuted. As you’d expect, film critics and writers watched this year’s showcase of new movies many looking to be purchased by distributors virtually rather than gather in Park City, Utah. And one of the films that impressed critics is titled
Jockey.
Starring Clifton Collins Jr. (
Westworld) as Jackson, a veteran jockey facing the end of his career far from the spotlight of Triple Crown events,