Backwards

Name: Backwards
Genre: Sport, Romance
Released: September 21, 2012
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 43
Cast: Glenn Morshower, James Van Der Beek, Margaret Colin, Sarah Megan Thomas

2012

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Dada Films | Release Date: September 21, 2012 | PG

Starring: Glenn Morshower, James Van Der Beek, Margaret Colin, Sarah Megan Thomas

Summary: Abigail Brooks has spent her lifetime trying to win an Olympic rowing medal, sacrificing friendship, love, and a "normal life" along the way. When she is named an alternate on the Olympic team she quits in haste. Defeated, Abi moves back home with her widowed, workaholic mother. Tension builds as Abi's mother urges her to "move on" fromAbigail Brooks has spent her lifetime trying to win an Olympic rowing medal, sacrificing friendship, love, and a "normal life" along the way. When she is named an alternate on the Olympic team she quits in haste. Defeated, Abi moves back home with her widowed, workaholic mother. Tension builds as Abi's mother urges her to "move on" from the rowing life that Abi's father, a coach, introduced her to. Unable to do so, but needing an immediate job, Abi seizes an open crew coach position at her alma mater, Union High. There, the head of athletics is her old boyfriend, Geoff. Abi trains her high school rowers in an obsessive fashion, taking two girls, Hannah and Susan, under her wing. After the girls lose an important regional race, Abi reinvents herself as a coach, and, in the process, learns to have fun again both on the water and off. Backwards is an intimate look at the personal sacrifices and complex choices facing competitive Olympic hopefuls. It is also a film about dreams -- young adults pursuing their dreams... and finding that sometimes a missed opportunity can become an introduction to an entire new life. (DADA Films)… Expand

Director: Ben Hickernell

Genre(s): Sport, Romance

Rating: PG

Runtime: 89 min

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Sam Adams

Sep 19, 2012

Thomas, credited as writer, producer, and executive producer, is the obvious auteur, orchestrating a star vehicle she lacks the screen presence to anchor. Read full review

Gary Goldstein

Sep 20, 2012

It's simple stuff, but it works. Read full review

Mick LaSalle

Sep 27, 2012

A movie whose main virtue was its honesty ultimately lands in a place that feels canned and unsatisfying. But on the way there, Backwards isn't so bad. Read full review

Michael Nordine

Sep 19, 2012

Subplots are introduced only to be resolved within minutes, characters jettisoned at a moment's notice. Those who can't do, teach; those who settle apparently end up pretty happy. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

Sep 20, 2012

As her boss and boyfriend, an impressively good-natured James Van Der Beek adds a professional sheen to what otherwise feels like a vanity affair. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Sep 20, 2012

Pairing a dull romance with an even duller sport (at least as represented here), this cliché-ridden vanity project is more suited to the ABC Family channel than to the inside of a movie theater. Read full review

Tomas Hachard

Sep 18, 2012

Streamlines its busy set of plots and subplots into a 90-minute sprint, throughout which characters often confront and overcome their obstacles within the same scene. Read full review

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