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Forever Young (1992)

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Reviews Counted:16

Fresh:8

Rotten:8

Average Rating:5.3/10

Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: In 1939, the longtime girlfriend of a daredevil Army Air Corps test pilot is in an accident that renders her comatose. Grief-stricken, he volunteers to be frozen alive for a year in a cryogenics... In 1939, the longtime girlfriend of a daredevil Army Air Corps test pilot is in an accident that renders her comatose. Grief-stricken, he volunteers to be frozen alive for a year in a cryogenics experiment, in the hopes that she will have recovered by the time he is ready to be thawed out. But his body remains in a deep freeze for 50 years until two children accidentally revive him. As the pilot attempts to cope with all the technological and cultural developments that have occurred during his sleep, he hurriedly tries to find the scientist who froze him and the woman he left behind. [More]

Starring: Mel Gibson, Elijah Wood, Jamie Lee Curtis, Isabel Glasser

Starring: Mel Gibson, Elijah Wood, Jamie Lee Curtis, Isabel Glasser, George Wendt, Joe Morton, Nicolas Surovy, David Marshall Grant, Robert Hy Gorman, Eric Pierpoint, Veronica Lauren, Art Lafleur, Walton Goggins, Amanda Foreman, J.D. Cullum, Ava Lazar, Richard Ryder, Kenny Ransom, Jared Chandler, Paul Ganus, Jason Iorg, Dean Hallo, Cody Burger

Director: Steve Miner

Director: Steve Miner
Producer: Bruce Davey
Screenwriter: Jeffrey Abrams, Bruce Davey
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith

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Probes the anguish of not being able to share the experiences of one's life with the person that we love.

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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
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Decent romance mixed with 1950s-ish sci-fi.

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Awful ending.

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Bob Grimm
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A Sweet Fanasy that wears it's heart on it's sleeve

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Sappy but engaging.

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