Flixwatcher: A Netflix Film Review Podcast

Kate Cocker (Everyday Positivity podcast) and Anni Hood (Well Intel Daily podcast) return to Flixwatcher to review Kate’s choice Game On: The Unstoppable Rise of Women’s Sport. Game On: The Unstoppable Rise of Women’s Sport (2023) is a Netflix documentary directed by women’s sport activist Sue Anstiss MBE and Jack Tompkins. The documentary explores the recent growth and population of women’s sport and its impact. It features interviews with some of the biggest names in women’s sport including Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, Stacey Copeland, Clare Balding CBE, Dame Denise Lewis and Kelly Smith MBE. While Game On celebrates the successes it also highlights the inequality and prejudice that surrounds women’s sport. It is optimistic about the future but it is also shocking and extremely sad to hear the challenges some professional women athletes, like the Lionesses, have faced and continue to face. Recommendability scores for Game On were super high, as with all documentaries the repeat viewing was low and the onl