Forever Strong

Name: Forever Strong
Genre: Drama, Sport
Released: September 26, 2008
Duration: 112 min
Rating: 37
Cast: Gary Cole, Penn Badgley, Sean Faris

2008

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Gravitas Ventures | Release Date: September 26, 2008 | PG-13

Starring: Gary Cole, Penn Badgley, Sean Faris

Summary: Rick Penning lives life just like he plays rugby; fast, hard-hitting and intense. When life on the edge lands him in jail, prison ward Marcus Tate offers him a chance to get back in the game by playing for longtime rival team, Highland Rugby. Reluctantly Rick joins the team where he must adopt the grueling training schedule and unique codeRick Penning lives life just like he plays rugby; fast, hard-hitting and intense. When life on the edge lands him in jail, prison ward Marcus Tate offers him a chance to get back in the game by playing for longtime rival team, Highland Rugby. Reluctantly Rick joins the team where he must adopt the grueling training schedule and unique code of conduct that Highland’s legendary coach demands. Egos clash and bitter competitors struggle to find the meaning of “team.” As on-field battles rage, hearts are challenged and loyalties are tried. Rick Penning must decide between the life he lived and a life that stands before him. With a national championship on the line, he will learn that the greatest victories are born in the heart. (Crane Movie Company)… Expand

Director: Ryan Little

Genre(s): Drama, Sport

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 112 min

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TV Guide Magazine Maitland McDonagh

There's something disheartening about seeing real-life stories and their inevitable complexities put through the Hollywood sausage machine and transformed into bland parables about a privileged, wayward young bucks redeemed by wise, infinitely patient mentors and the self-abnegating spirit of team sports. Read full review

Adam Markovitz

Despite all the macho posturing, the corny story is just as sappy as anything on Lifetime. Read full review

Joe Leydon

The performances are credible across the board, excessive sentimentality is largely avoided, and the sequences devoted to rough-and-tumble rugby match-ups are expertly shot and edited. Read full review

Michael Ordona

The movie is well shot and edited, the rugby scenes are enjoyable (if likely puzzling to the uninitiated) and "Strong's" earnestness excuses at least some of its predictability. Read full review

Sheri Linden

This inspirational sports drama unfolds in such generic fashion that it feels contrived more often than it rings true. Read full review

Noel Murray

Forever Strong is generic faith-and-redemption fare, devoid of nuance. Read full review

V.A. Musetto

If the script serves any purpose at all, it is to allow jocks to show off their buff bodies. They're hot, but not worth 12 bucks at the box office. Read full review

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Stoarm

Jan 10, 2011

Absolutely loved the movie. Wish there was a coach in the school system here like Larry Gelwix. Maybe more kids would turn their lives around. I hit the wiki's while I was watching this movie and was impressed by all I read. The movie was made well and the acting was strong by all thoseAbsolutely loved the movie. Wish there was a coach in the school system here like Larry Gelwix. Maybe more kids would turn their lives around. I hit the wiki's while I was watching this movie and was impressed by all I read. The movie was made well and the acting was strong by all those in it. True it would have been nice to have had a little more of the history of Highland written into the script but none the less it was still done well. I would watch it again more then once. Well done.… Expand

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BryceJ.

Jun 21, 2009

The way the film introduced and deepened its characters, as well as the profoundness and depths of the truths it taught, was incredible. But what truly endeared me to this film was the way it portrayed its purely inspirational story of redemption, its testimony of the uplifting power of The way the film introduced and deepened its characters, as well as the profoundness and depths of the truths it taught, was incredible. But what truly endeared me to this film was the way it portrayed its purely inspirational story of redemption, its testimony of the uplifting power of trust and teamwork, and most of all the way it portrayed the power of good that someone who truly cares possesses.… Expand