How To Succeed At Racing Without Really Racing

"Well, no," says the downhill racer. "But there's the Olympics. And if I win, well, then that'll come later. I'll be a champion."

"World's full of those," the father says.

Indeed it is. But it is not full of ski movies. And the thing that makes Downhill Racer a champion in its class is that it is getting critical acclaim on a dual level: from skiers, who would like it anyway, and from critics, who see it as a good movie that happens to be about skiing.