Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World

PG-13

Released Apr 28, 2023

2 hr. 9 min.

Biography

Drama

Sports

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Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World is based on the remarkable true story of one of the greatest comebacks of all time and the transformational power of second chances. Fueled by an impoverished childhood, Foreman channeled his anger into becoming an Olympic Gold medalist and World Heavyweight Champion, followed by a near-death experience that took him from the boxing ring to the pulpit. But when he sees his community struggling spiritually and financially, Foreman returns to the ring and makes history by reclaiming his title, becoming the oldest and most improbable World Heavyweight Boxing Champion ever.

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Critics Consensus

Big George Foreman had a classic sports story to work with; unfortunately, the sluggishly ordinary way it's told here is more Tomato Can than Heavyweight Champion.

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Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World is an exciting, feel-good dramatization of an incredible life.

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Hollis H

I believe this depiction was accurate and vivid. Everyone involved in directing , acting and production are to be commended for their efforts. GREAT JOB!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/28/23

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DB

enjoyed the movie very much!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/03/23

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Vender F

The movie was very well done!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/26/23

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Pamela M

Well written and portrayed.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/25/23

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Ronald E

I like "comeback" stories as a rule. This one is great because it is true and told with authenticity and may I say, grit. I went in thinking it probably was made for adolescents only but came away with the sense that there was a take-home message for people of any age. The story is true and the punch line is multifaceted -- from regaining his heavyweight boxing title and being the oldest man to do so, then Foreman's spiritual rebirth following his coming on hard times with nowhere else to turn but God. His mom's prayers never stopped. While the spiritual dimension is not given much detail, Foreman's story serves to point a young person who is seeking the Way, or who has lost a lot of hope, to pray. God does hear prayer.as in the Sermon on the Mount.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/23/23

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GEORGE V

It was a very inspirational movie about a young man that was going through some ruff times & made the most of it to better himself!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/19/23

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George Tillman Jr.

Director

Khris Davis

George Foreman

Forest Whitaker

Doc Broadus

Jasmine Mathews

Actor

Sullivan Jones

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Lawrence Gilliard Jr.

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Edward Porter

Times (UK)

... The script gives us the dullest kind of life-story movie: a simplified, unvarying trudge through a checklist of events.

Rated: 2/5

May 1, 2023

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Tim Cogshell

AV Club

An excellent movie about a beloved figure who indeed seems ageless and whose story includes the kind of comebacks usually reserved for fiction.

Rated: B+

May 1, 2023

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

It’s solidly and safely directed by George Tillman Jr, but will likely appeal more to the Christian cinema crowd than to the sports movie audience.

Rated: 2/5

Apr 30, 2023

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Leigh Paatsch

Herald Sun (Australia)

This boilerplate biopic covers all bases required, including the spectacular home-shopping success of the Foreman Grill and a truly amazing comeback to the ring in his mid-forties.

Rated: 2.5/5

Nov 8, 2023

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Alan French

Sunshine State Cineplex

The George Foreman biopic is more willing to make a one-off joke about the grills he would sponsor than confront the difficult truths of his life.

Rated: 3/10

Aug 31, 2023

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John Serba

Decider

The movie plays like his Wikipedia entry, covering all the bases without the intimacy of character it needs to inspire our emotional investment...

Aug 28, 2023

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Synopsis

Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World is based on the remarkable true story of one of the greatest comebacks of all time and the transformational power of second chances. Fueled by an impoverished childhood, Foreman channeled his anger into becoming an Olympic Gold medalist and World Heavyweight Champion, followed by a near-death experience that took him from the boxing ring to the pulpit. But when he sees his community struggling spiritually and financially, Foreman returns to the ring and makes history by reclaiming his title, becoming the oldest and most improbable World Heavyweight Boxing Champion ever.

Director: George Tillman Jr.
Executive Producer: George Foreman, Peter Guber, Wendy Williams, Henry Holmes
Screenwriter: Frank Baldwin, George Tillman Jr., Dan Gordon
Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Production Co: State Street Pictures, Affirm Films, Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE), Mandalay Pictures
Rating: PG-13 (Some Sports Violence)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sports
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 28, 2023, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 16, 2023
Box Office (Gross USA): $5.3M
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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