Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

I wanted to but couldn't!

Fresh and Exciting

Beautiful, moving film.

Forever Strong starts off good, but then it falls into a pit of sports movie clichés and isn't able to climb back out of it. This is a well-crafted movie with good acting, it just has a weak story that we've all seen a dozen times. It also tries very hard to make rugby seem cool and important, but I get the feeling that only rugby fans will buy into that. I wanted to like it, but this movie bored me.

This movie falls into a vast category of unmemorable sports movies. Its not so terrible that you remember it for years to come as that bad movie you had to sit through and it just made you angrier as it ticked along. Neither is it a so good it made you cry movie. This movie has a lot of heart but it is flawed. For starters most of the characters are just cookie cutter clichés that we see all over the place. The over bearing father, the misguided youth, the wise coach, the new good friends, the old bad friends, and the list goes on and on. some of the dialogue feels awkward and some of the acting was stiff. Also there were several scenes in the movie that just didn't really belong. Like they should have been taken out to allow more time for other parts in the movie. Now for the the good. There are some emotional parts in the movie and I enjoyed the high energy rugby matches. The performances were very believable and there were some nice life lessons packed in the movie, even if there were a little heavy handed. and lastly it was nice for me to be exposed to rugby. Overall I would say that this movie is worth at least one viewing. i give it a 5/10

This movie, like so many others (Remember the Titans, Miracle), follows the basic sports-movie formula: There's a guy, he's a jerk. Jerk does bad. Jerk must play by someone else's rules. Someone else's rules change Jerk, Jerk becomes good. Insert tragedy (Death, drugs, riots, etc.). Tragedy effects Jerk, makes him totally change. Jerk must now play championship game. Lots of close-ups on the sweating players and the balls. Jerk wins. Quote from coach or news or something that explains title. Credits. Weren't you touched? These movies can now be used to sort out the morons of society. Anyone who pays to see this in theatres must be slapped.

Now before people start having a breakdown about this movie (those who play rugby anyway) this is a film! It's been given the Hollywood treatment to entertain people and therefore those who play rugby (myself included) are naturally gonna pick holes in the choreography of the game in the film. Althogether it is a decent film and bring to the attention the morals and ideas behind the game of rugby.The film is based on a real team, a real coach and his work helping guide kids in the right direction to be better people in the future, and also is based on real people who have played for the highland team. Its just a typical sports movie with a character who is misguided and eventually finds his way on the right track again through the rugby medium in this case. Is generally a feel good movie that is enjoyable but has flaws in terms of it's portrayal of the game. however, like i said it is a film under the Hollywood treatment.