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In most ways, Race is a totally ordinary movie. A biopic about track-and-field superstar Jesse Owens, it cozily hits all the obligatory marks, with Stephan James (Selma) as bland, likable Owens and Jason Sudeikis (George Wendt’s nephewโ€”look it up!) as gruff, likable coach Larry Snyder. We see Owens overcome racism in the Ohio State locker room, woo the woman he loves, and run like the dickens. Owens’s record-breaking showing at a 1935 Ann Arbor track meet is treated like a station of the crossโ€ฆ