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Summary: Touching and Sentimental
Review: "Forever Young" is the story of a test pilot who, after seeing the love of his life knocked comatose by a produce truck in 1939, volunteers for a cryogenics experiment that results in his losing more than a half century of his life.His desire to find out what happened to all of his lost years takes him back to the neighborhood where he used to live 53 years earlier, where he encounters the two boys who accidentally thawed him, and along the way, we discover how much he and one of the boys have in common.--Big blue eyes, sandy brown hair, a love of flying, and a taste for redhaired members of the opposite sex around whom neither could get up the courage to express their true feelings. A possible romance with the boy's single mother ensues. But ultimately, Captain Daniel McCormack is led back to his soulmate in one of the sweetest scenes in recent film history. For me, the questions this promted included, "Would Daniel prefer to be called historically challenged or decade impaired?" and "How much back pay would the military give him?" But all in all, this is my favorite sci-fi movie to date, and I'm not that big a fan of the genre. Mel Gibson gives a touching performance, and his love of children shines through from beginning to end (inevitably since he was the father of six at the time and now has seven). Jamie Lee Curtis was good as the tart-tounged nurse who gives Daniel a rude awakening to certain aspects of late 20th century life, and so was Nicholas Surovy as Curtis' befuddled suitor and colleague. Isabel Glasser shines as Daniel's love interest.--A woman we feel he is so lucky to have won back. The whole cast did a fine job.It's one of my favorite Gibson movies, and I would highly recommend this modern version of Rip Van Wynkle to anyone.
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Summary: A Good Old Fashioned Drama!
Review: 'Forever Young' is an attractive well-produced film focussing on the story of Daniel McCormick (Mel Gibson) a US Air Corps pilot in the 1940s. Grief-stricken by a personal tragedy he volunteers for a cryogenics experiment and is frozen in time until he wakes up alone and forgotten in 1992. This film is everything a conventional drama should be, well paced, moving with an engaging storyline. It is a charmingly positive piece of good old-fashioned filmmaking that will appeal to a huge range of audiences. 'Forever Young's' appeal really lies in its simplicity. There is nothing mentally taxing or thought provoking here, just a relaxing armchair film after a hard day at the office with an unashamedly sentimental ending. It is a refreshingly unpretentious film that does not try to be 'great' or in any way arty but merely seeks to be entertaining- and succeeds admirably in this regard.
Mel Gibson is utterly believable as McCormick with a polished, uncluttered performance that resonates with genuine feeling. What he dishes out is hardly complex, angst-ridden Oscar winning stuff, but then, do we want it to be? Though the film is in essence a vehicle for Gibson the other cast member's performances are just as good. Jamie Lee Curtis and George Wendt are especially excellent amongst the adult cast, with unforced smooth performances. Elijah Wood as Nat Cooper is completely charming and engaging with a screen presence that, in an eleven year old, is remarkable. Apart from Gibson he is the real stand out performance of this film and a joy to watch even at this young age. For fans of 'The Lord of the Rings' this film is worth watching even just to see Elijah 'Frodo' Wood up a tree singing 'You are my Sunshine' to a rather bemused looking little girl!
In summary, 'Forever Young' lacks any degree of ostentation and succeeds in being utterly unselfconscious and as enjoyable a piece of quality drama as you will ever see. Don't get me wrong, it is definitely not a truly 'great' film but it succeeds precisely because it does not try to be 'great' it just tries to be entertaining.
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Summary: Great Film in an Age of Horrible Films
Review: Bruce Davey, Mel Gibson, and Steve Minor should be commended for making such a wonderful film.The reason we don't see more of these films is tribalism. The Hollywood elite refuse to let anyone other than their tribe make films.
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Summary: Great Picture to see with Your Wife
Review: Excellent feel good movie. Highly recommended. Gibson is a very
gifted actor!!!
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Summary: Great Picture to see with Your Wife
Review: Excellent feel good movie. Highly recommended. Gibson is a very
gifted actor!!!
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Summary: best mel gibson movie in a long time
Review: FIRST OF ALL I AM 12 YEARS OLD AND I LOVE MEL GIBSON MOVIES. I SAW THE MOVIE THE OTHER NIGHT AND I LOVED IT. BUT I SAW IT FROM THE MIDDLE AND DIDNOT UNDERSTAND IT MUCH. I YOU LIKE MEL GIBSON GO SEE THIS MOVIE. BUT JUST RENT IT FIRST. I GAURNTEE YOU WILL LOVE IT.
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Summary: One of my favorite movies
Review: For me this movie is a masterpiece, the best perfomance Mel Gibson has done in his all career along with braveheart and conspiracy theory, i think, and sorry for my english, i am fronm Ecuador, that is a movie where you can find real love. Gibson loves the woman, but it is so funny when he was at that coffee triying to find how to tell her to married him. When this two kids took him away from the freezer, he just want to find the way to reach his girfliend from a long time ago. In the meantime que he is introduced to Jammie Lee Curtis and there is a scene that i love and it is my favorite, it`s when they kissed toghether, but there were no really in love, it was an honorable moment that Jammie Lee Curtis gives to the movie. He just wanted to make him feel better, because he was so depressed. I loved the movie. With TAXI DRIVER, DOG DAY AFTERNOON, MEN OF HONOR, AMERICAN HISTORY X, THE THIN RED LINE and LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL ARE MY FAVORITE ALL TIME MOVIES
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Summary: All Mel
Review: For Mel Gibson fans, this is it. He showed that his movies don't have to be rated "R" to be truely good. I really enjoyed the romance and suspense! My daughters (12, 16, & 19), love watching this movie because it is "clean" of sex and violence.
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Summary: Forever Young
Review: Forever Young is a good family movie. It's gentle and fun. My only real negative comment about it concerns the plot line which is very unbelievable. I felt it never really tried to justify itself. Mel Gibson is his usual charming self and Jamie Lee Curtis is delightful. Kudos to the young Elijah Wood who shines. his singing scene probably won him over all of the female audience, including me. All in all it's an enjoyable movie, not ambitious but one that can easily become a favorite.
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Summary: Forever Young ...Forever Fun!
Review: Forever Young is a nice harmless movie about hope, love and recapturing lost time. Mel Gibson is his usual charming self. He plays a pre-WWII air test pilot who volunteers for a hibernation experiment when he thinks his fiance is killed in a car accident. Then, he is accidentally awaken in the present (about 50 years later), befriends a boy and his mom, and goes on a quest to find his past. The story borders on being a tearjerker, but it's not too sappy with some touching moments and intense scenes. It's great that Gibson likes to take risks, pull back on some of his action movies and do movies like this. Great supporting cast with Jamie Lee Curtis, a young Elijah Wood, Joe Morton, and George Wendt.
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