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    'Borg vs. McEnroe': Game, Set And An Unlikely Match

    This "smoothly crafted, satisfyingly earnest" film features many sports-movie clichés, but digs a bit deeper to find psychological affinities between the two very different athletes.
    by Ella Taylor Apr 12, 2018 2 minutes
    Resistance is feudal: John McEnroe (Shia LaBeouf) and Bjorn Borg (Sverrir Godnason) face off in <em>Borg vs. McEnroe, </em>a dramatized take on their famed '80s rivalry.

    Early in the Swedish-made sports movie Bjorn Borg (Sverrir Gudnason) ducks into a Monaco bar to escape a pack of screaming girls after practicing for an especially tricky upcoming Wimbledon championship. The tennis star is without his wallet, so he helps out schlepping boxes in return for a free espresso and tries to convince the bartender that he's an electrician

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