This is one of the few movies where who goes with bike, especially with off road bike, is not ugly and bad ... I mean dirt is within the context. All the actor perform well, even if not all are professional. I would like to have more film like this for our sons, the messages inside the story are correct, not free violence but a lot of competition even if in the real world female championship is not together with male championship, this is a poetic license but acceptable. We have some excellent pilot, Kiara Fontanesi, Flo Parrini, Alice Magnoli that are both eligible for actress and as pilot too... I would like to see again a film with some of them (...I believe stunts are not necessary).

the review by joliefille411 was spot on. The main reason you'll like this movie is the fact that the plot is drawn from a Shakespearean play. In fact, the working title was "The 12th Lap".Shakespeare, always a favorite has many teen movies based on his plays - other notables are: ---"10 Things I hate About You", starring the late Heath Ledger. (and currently a TV program, with Gregory Peck's grandson in the Patrick Verona role) based on "Taming of a Shrew" ---"She's the Man" with Amanda Bynes and "Just One of the Guys" based on "Twelth Night", like this movie.

-please be aware before reading this, i am warning you this is a spoiler. parental guidence is advised.- this movie was not exciting. the relationships between the family was so corny. especially when they decide to have andrea ride the last race, they walk off all happy like they know they're gonna win it.-giving each other high fives- it's so predictable. i'd give this movie a 1 out of 10. i liked beauty and the beast better than this movie. and at the end andrea and dean should have done it in the pool. plus- being a 9 year old and an awesome mechanic- not possible.

What impressed me the most about this movie was the positive relationship between the family members, the encouragement they give each other, and how they work together for a common goal. It seems perfectly natural, in this day and age, that Andrea should want to race, so the feminist theme, handled humorously at first with the references to "chicks", didn't seem like a war cry. In a different story-line, an undisguised Andrea might act more macho than the male riders as she shows them who's boss, whereas in this story she doesn't act macho even when disguised as Andrew. She is the same person either way. She just wants the playing field level. If there is a lesson here, it is for die-hard feminists as well as male chauvinists.