Big George Foreman review: Boxing biopic will knock you out
starring Paul Newman as world middleweight champion Rocky Graziano and directed by Robert Wise. Tillman Jr’s rousing follow-up tois a classically constructed sports comeback movie in every way. What it has going for it is its protagonist, George Foreman, who, by most accounts and measures, is every bit the swell guy—who nevertheless hit very hard—presented in this love letter of a movie. Davis, Whitaker, and the other players are all excellent.
remarkable course. Not the fight itself, which Foreman won via knockout, but rather what his victory meant; Foreman had completed one of the greatest comebacks in sports history which is all the more impressive in boxing, where comeback attempts usually end in failure—if not tragedy. George Foreman had his share of failure, tragedy, and triumph but this movie is more about the man himself and the spiritual journey that made his comeback possible.
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