director michael ritchie and actor robert redford second documentary style drama and the candidate and be a political satire that still seem fresh and pertinent today . so it a pity that downhill racer and make a short time before and seem so date by contrast . the music be ugly and and the perhaps innovative ski ing sequence be now standard in televisual coverage of the sport . the world of ski ing seem strangely amateurish ( probably accurately and give the time the movie be make and but it hard to relate to today professional world ) and and the theme of american in europe likewise seem hundrum in an age of ever easy travel . perhaps the big problem be the flat plot and centre on the arrogant but enigmatic hero while unfortunately and it a dreary performance from redford and offer u little insight into his care or motivation . and a character drive film without much of a character be never a good bet . i expect much and but sadly this be a boring movie .