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Stronger rises on the power of its well-chosen ensemble to offer an emotionally resonant fact-based story that transcends inspirational drama clichés.
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It's one of those decent, well-acted, non-revelatory efforts destined to be filed snarkily under "this had awards buzz" through no real fault of its own. Dec 8, 2017 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
It's one of those decent, well-acted, non-revelatory efforts destined to be filed snarkily under "this had awards buzz" through no real fault of its own.
Tim Robey
... stealing the best bits from My Left Foot, Born on the Fourth of July and The Theory of Everything by playing a character who's not quite paralysed, but mostly in a wheelchair and delivering enormous shouty set-piece speeches ... Dec 7, 2017 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
... stealing the best bits from My Left Foot, Born on the Fourth of July and The Theory of Everything by playing a character who's not quite paralysed, but mostly in a wheelchair and delivering enormous shouty set-piece speeches ...
Kevin Maher
Stronger is at its best in its harshest moments, when it acknowledges the contradictions in its hero's story and portrays his bitterness and self-loathing as well as his courage. Dec 7, 2017 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Stronger is at its best in its harshest moments, when it acknowledges the contradictions in its hero's story and portrays his bitterness and self-loathing as well as his courage.
Geoffrey Macnab
Aside from a few mawkish missteps near the tail end, this film feels like the product of a confident, able and self-aware director. Dec 7, 2017 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Aside from a few mawkish missteps near the tail end, this film feels like the product of a confident, able and self-aware director.
Charles Bramesco
Can't a disabled hero, once on screen, not be a hero? Can't he be a human being whose tragedy, even if "triumphed" over, probes deeper thoughts and feelings than crass exultation? Dec 6, 2017 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Can't a disabled hero, once on screen, not be a hero? Can't he be a human being whose tragedy, even if "triumphed" over, probes deeper thoughts and feelings than crass exultation?
Nigel Andrews
But the movie shouldn't be dismissed as just another real-life drama to catch on cable TV someday; Stronger is a profound, sensitively made gem. Oct 13, 2017 | Full Review…
But the movie shouldn't be dismissed as just another real-life drama to catch on cable TV someday; Stronger is a profound, sensitively made gem.
David Sims
This is no shallow, feel-good story. Bauman finds his way forward, but the audience sees the experience isn't just hard, it's excruciating. Sometimes just choosing to get up another day is heroic. Oct 18, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
This is no shallow, feel-good story. Bauman finds his way forward, but the audience sees the experience isn't just hard, it's excruciating. Sometimes just choosing to get up another day is heroic.
Leslie Combemale
It's a good film with many layers about someone like you and me who worked hard learning that when you think you can't, you can. Sep 20, 2019 | Full Review…
It's a good film with many layers about someone like you and me who worked hard learning that when you think you can't, you can.
Linda and Al Lerner
It's filmmaking at its finest. [David Gordon] Green takes a seemingly uncinematic story and turns it into a poetic film that begs to be watched. Aug 5, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
It's filmmaking at its finest. [David Gordon] Green takes a seemingly uncinematic story and turns it into a poetic film that begs to be watched.
Karl Delossantos
There are actors and then there are stars, and in Stronger, Gyllenhaal shows why he falls into the latter category. Jul 28, 2019 | Full Review…
There are actors and then there are stars, and in Stronger, Gyllenhaal shows why he falls into the latter category.
Victor Stiff
Stronger never really grabs the audience emotionally, and later in the film, falls into a hurried, perfunctory redemption arc and its happy ending. Apr 26, 2019 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…
Stronger never really grabs the audience emotionally, and later in the film, falls into a hurried, perfunctory redemption arc and its happy ending.
Cate Marquis
The story is inspirational, but predictable. It is the talented actors who carry it to another level with their outstanding performances. Mar 8, 2019 | Full Review…
The story is inspirational, but predictable. It is the talented actors who carry it to another level with their outstanding performances.
S. Indra Sathiabalan
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