Review of Stronger (2017) by Lance P — 18 Dec 2017

Rising on the stellar performances from Jake Gyllenhaal and Tatiana Maslany, Stronger manages to be touching while giving a mature tone to its fact-based story.

This review of Stronger (2017) was written by Lance P on 18 Dec 2017.

Stronger has generally received positive reviews.

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