Review of Forever Strong (2008) by Audrey T — 19 May 2010

One of the best sports movies I've seen since Rocky.

This review of Forever Strong (2008) was written by Audrey T on 19 May 2010.

Forever Strong has generally received positive reviews.

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By Noel Murray (1,901) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 08 Sep 2014

Forever Strong is generic faith-and-redemption fare, devoid of nuance…

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By Brian K (1,195) on 13 Apr 2013

There's really nothing more that I despise than cheap sentimentality. It makes me want to vomit…

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By Pam R (252) on 03 Jul 2012

Thought was a great inspirational sports story…

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By Ryan M (2,675) on 21 Apr 2012

American's playing rugby? There's a first for everything. Son proving his worth to the Father has been done before…

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By Jonathan D (792) on 31 Jan 2016

My sister was going through a random search on Netflix, and came upon this movie which I don't feel like watching a sports film, but she said…

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By Nick Pinkerton (448) for Village Voice (8,525) on 18 Sep 2017

Though director Ryan Little puts together a clean, professional package, at bottom this is a nearly-two-hour scrum of therapeutic direct encounters…

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By Joel H (841) on 31 Dec 2012

Forever Strong starts off good, but then it falls into a pit of sports movie clichés and isn't able to climb back out of it…

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By Brian S (2,291) on 02 Dec 2018

Forever Strong, a 2008 drama directed by Ryan Little, recounts the inspirational, semi-fictional self-realization of a wayward young rugby…

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By Erin S (498) on 10 Oct 2011

Any movie with this much rugby gets five stars…

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By Zilcell (309) on 24 May 2012

The story is predictably corny and the main character has a bad attitude for most of the movie. It kind of makes the film annoying…

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