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63There'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.
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Despite all the macho posturing, the corny story is just as sappy as anything on Lifetime.
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50This inspirational sports drama unfolds in such generic fashion that it feels contrived more often than it rings true.
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Though director Ryan Little puts together a clean, professional package, at bottom this is a nearly-two-hour scrum of therapeutic direct encounters.
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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.
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50The 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.
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42Forever Strong is generic faith-and-redemption fare, devoid of nuance.
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20A mawkish drama hobbled by a thoroughly unpleasant and uncharismatic lead performance.
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12If 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.
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5The story is predictably corny and the main character has a bad attitude for most of the movie. It kind of makes the film annoying.
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