![]() ![]() The world also heard, later, that Louganis had tested positive for HIV and there was something of a hullabaloo, not dramatized here, about whether blood from his head wound could have endangered other swimmers.Īnyway, writer Alan Hines drops that subject quickly and we're off down the inevitable yellow-brick flashback road. Wags may well dub it "Scratching the Surface."Ī couple of good performances, however, work valiantly in its favor and make it almost worth seeing.īased on the autobiography co-authored by the Olympic diving champion, "Surface" opens with a reenactment (which includes, apparently, some actual news footage) of Louganis conking his head on a diving board at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, a conk heard round the world. It comes off as mealy-mouthed and tentative, the film equivalent of the sissy-boy its hero is sometimes accused of being. Unfortunately the film, which premieres tonight at 9 on the USA cable network, isn't very good. ![]() You may feel inclined to root for a movie like "Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story," partly because it deals with subject matter that is still considered touchy but really shouldn't be: Its central character is homosexual and trying to come to grips with that. ![]()
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