Big George Foreman ticks all the boxes of what a biopic should be. It shows us his troubled childhood, his bumpy rise to the top, and his eventual reconciliation with fame and boxing. It’s also nicely shot and polished, an accurately dressed period piece that looks and feels the part. But nothing about the film hits you as particularly new or exciting. Prickly topics like faith and infidelity aren’t so much explored as they are simply covered, and the dialogue sounds like something you’ve heard a thousand times. There’s also a sense that the filmmakers noticed this problem because halfway through, the movie switches into a more lighthearted tone, as if it were suddenly bored of itself. Sure, Big George Foreman is easy to follow and nice to look at, but its formulaic structure fails to distinguish itself from a long and ever-growing line of sports biopics.
Genre: Drama, History
Actor: Al Sapienza, Anthony Marble, Bill Martin Williams, Billy Slaughter, Deion Smith, Deneen Tyler, Erica Tazel, Forest Whitaker, Jasmine Mathews, John Magaro, Judd Lormand, Julia Lashae, Khris Davis, Lara Grice, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Martin Bats Bradford, Matthew Glave, Matthew Rimmer, Michael Harrity, Michael Papajohn, Philip Fornah, Robert Cicchini, Sam Trammell, Samantha Beaulieu, Shein Mompremier, Sonja Sohn, Sullivan Jones, Tom Virtue
Director: George Tillman Jr.
