Rotten
This earnest indie production comes across like formulaic fiction while taking cues (and recycling cliches) from the 'inspirational sports drama' playbook.
Joe Leydon, Variety
Forever Strong
The greatest victories are born in the heart.
2008 · 1h 52m · PG-13
Drama
Directed by
Ryan Little
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Forever Strong
Overview
Hotshot rugby player Rick Penning was the star player of his Arizona high school team until a fateful brush with the law forces him to ponder the consequences of his actions in a Salt Lake City juvenile detention center.
Director and cast
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Rotten
It's definitely possible to make artful message movies -- just consider the filmography of ex-Mormon iconoclast Richard Dutcher -- but Forever Strong is generic faith-and-redemption fare, devoid of nuance.
Noel Murray, AV Club
Rotten
As directed by Ryan Little and written by David Pliler, Forever Strong dredges up every sports movie cliche and stereotype ever invented. (Cue the slow-mo in the rain.)
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
Fresh
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.
Michael Ordona, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
The whole package here is warmed-over mush from a hundred other sports movies, a tale padded out with game footage, training sequences, absurd coincidences, life lessons that teach nothing and wasted casting.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
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