Review of Vision Quest (1985) by Joshua K — 12 Jun 2007

Hits wrestling perfectly... best movie period.

This review of Vision Quest (1985) was written by Joshua K on 12 Jun 2007.

Vision Quest has generally received positive reviews.

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By Southern D (36) on 27 Dec 2009

This is on rite now Encore 80's weekend..haha, this shit is funny. im seriously considering becoming a gynocologist…

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I enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would, loved the way the trained in this movie, a chick flick all the way but hey it was good acting…

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By Shawn W (1,705) on 29 Aug 2012

No Academy Awards given out here, but if you wrestled in high school in the 80's then you love this movie. The soundtrack still fires you up…

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I wrestled what can I say, but great film…

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