This is a very modest and limited production that throughout a single afternoon takes place almost in real time within the boundaries of a single location a cross-fit gym. Sam Athletes (Jerue) is primed for an attempt to see five world records set within 30 minutes accompanied by her trainer Shane (Grosse) who is also hers and under the eagle eye of adjudicator Alec (Sawyer). This attempt is to get into the Guinness Book of World Records, which, needless to say, does not come to their lips! Yet, minutes before Sam’s scheduled start, there is a spanner in the works. Her husband, Charlie (Kershisnik) with whom she is currently separated, arrives at the gym just as rapidly providing Sam with divorce papers which can only be described as a prick maneuver.
This is indeed rather artificial an attempt, painfully and so, to inject externally induced drama onto what is primarily internal Sam against herself in a bid to shatter the glass ceiling of achievement fatigue. Not quite as simple as it seems at first glance, though. Alongside appearing like a bad guy, one can see towards the end that he is devoid of everything that makes him seem that, so for sure, he is not the entire villain he appears to be.
It seems unnecessary as if the creators were unsure whether the primary conflict would be engaging enough to sustain interest. In some ways, it is true. You are observing someone performing squats or chin-ups. How interesting can that be?
The answer might be, more than you’d think. The creators of Jerue do have a few known CrossFit athletes, so there are no stunt doubles or cutaways. Foss simply drops the camera back to mid-range, and you get an unbroken sixty seconds of his lead actress doing what she is supposed to be doing. I admire those who truly maximize their physical potential, unlike one reviewer of the film who, for reasons unknown to me, chose to cackle, and I quote, Cross Fit feels like a gateway drug to fascism. It does make me ponder what his BMI is. Just wondering. I adore American Ninja Warrior, The 100, and similar programs. This is not different.
This does come perilously close to the typical sports cliches, which by this time is hard to avoid. Your protagonist either triumphs over their adversary, which in this case is internal, or they go down fighting. As Shane puts it, Like the gladiators of old would say let me win, and if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt. Those are, in essence, your two boxes of sports flicks, and there is little effort to break away from the mold here. But, every single person in the sports comedy movie is believable. I do not know how much acting is required from Jerue the cross-fitter, who plays Sam the cross-fitter, but she does fine. I wound up catching the last half hour from the elliptical and may have pedaled just a bit harder than usual.
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