I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Wow! Such a good movie.

Don't listen to the negative reviews

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

Road to Victory is one of the best films I've seen lately. It was an extremely heartfelt and genuine film. The actors were very believable and excellent at conveying the message of the movie. I had empathy towards Elliot and Anna because I could relate to their situation. This type of situation is often seen in reality, which made the movie even more touching.The film really demonstrated the reality of relationships. I liked how the couple didn't have a perfect beginning, but stayed together and worked through their problems. The movie made me contemplate about life and what it means to be with someone. Road to Victory is a film that I will always remember.

Sometimes movies capture something that is so real, it's uncomfortable to watch. Watching the relationship between the two main characters, Anna and Elliot, made me feel this way. It was really hard to watch two people be both so simultaneously loving and mean to each other. It reminded my of my parents, and made me think about what they must have been like when they were young.But underneath this all, the main character is driven by a need so strong, that he cannot even admit the truth to himself. Given the portions of the interview I have heard with Roger Clemens on 60 minutes that will show this Sunday, I wonder how many athletes who use steroids can even admit the truth to themselves. They are so used to lying that they can't even admit it when they get caught. I really saw a strong correlation between this and Elliot's character, but the part we get to see in the movie, is the character living with the ramifications of these choices. It's an inside look at something we would never otherwise get because all we'd ever see of these athletes after they lie to the public is them smiling at a photo-shoot. In this film, we get to see what happens not only after the fact, but also what happens to what must be thousands of athletes who don't make it. And this raises the big question of whether or not it is really worth a pro career to use steroids?

I think that most people will generally like this film, as the ultimate message is universal. But, I think it really speaks on a much more profound level to those of us who have shared some of the character's experiences.When I was in college, I found out my boyfriend of 3 years was using steroids, and that he'd been using the entire time we'd been together, and before. He was buff but he wasn't a freak, and his job was as a personal trainer since he'd been an athlete when he was in college, so I never really suspected.To make a long story short, he started having health problems (like we see in the film), and the effects on the relationship were really bad. I won't betray that relationship now by giving details, but I stuck by him through all of it. When I finally found out about the steroid use, I confronted him, but he refused to talk about it. I told him to make a choice and he told me would stop.Two months later, I found out he'd lied; he chose the drugs over me. I left and never looked back, and this movie brought back a lot of emotions I thought I'd left behind. I really wanted the main character to confess, but he never did. But, I realize, because of my experience, that someone who uses steroids never does, (unless they're a retired pro athlete with a book to sell...Jose Canseco...Bill Romanowski)But what really got to me was how much the female lead (Anna) came to care about the main character (Elliot) and how much he wanted to let her in but couldn't. For me, it was the other side of the argument that I had never wanted to understand.It wasn't until the main character was confronted with the big picture, and given the ultimatum of choosing between a family and pro sport, (those he loved vs. the drugs) that he finally realized what he was doing. True to form, he never admits it, in fact he has to spend the rest of his life hiding from it, but he does accept responsibility.The movie really boils down to asking these two characters to examine the choices they are making with their lives, and the effect was that it made me, the audience do the same. Elliot says at the end of the movie that he "chose right."It really made me think about the number of times that I could say that I chose right about something so important.

I saw this film at the San Fernando Valley Film Festival based upon a rec from one of the festival programmers, and I have to admit, that I was a little hesitant given the subject matter of the movie.I promised myself that I would give the film 10 minutes, and if I didn't like it, I would walk (hey, it was a free screening).From the outset, I found myself intrigued by the tone of the film. It was immediately clear that the film, at the very least, had integrity.As the film progressed, i kept finding myself more and more sucked in, until by the end of the movie, I was really emotionally involved. So much so, that I found myself thinking about the film even a few days later.I don't really want to say anything about what the film is about because that was one of the things that I enjoyed the most about my viewing experience; that I didn't know what it was really about, and given the film's originality, it made my viewing experience that much better.Having given the film so much thought, I would be really interested to see it again, as I think that it might be an even richer experience on a second viewing.If you like intelligent, well-written movies with compelling performances, then I highly recommend giving Road To Victory a try.