Stronger 2017
- Director: David Gordon Green
- Seen by this director: Undertow
- Based on the book by Jeff Bauman and Bret Witter
- Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Tatiana Maslany, Miranda Richardson
- Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
- Jake Gyllenhaal – Life, Prisoners,
Proof, Brokeback Mountain, Day after Tomorrow, The Good Girl, Donnie Darko
- Tatiana Maslany
– Orphan Black, Woman in Gold
- Miranda Richardson – Testament of Youth, Hatty Potter, Made in Degenham, Young Victoria, Paris je t’aime, Gideon’s Daughter, Wah-Wha, Phantom of the Opera, The Hours, Black Adder, Sleepy Hollow, Dance with a Stranger
- Why? Gyllenhaal and Maslany
- Seen: 4 February 2023
Jeff (Gyllenhaal) loses both legs to the
Boston Marathon Bomber in 2013 but what he witnessed just seconds before the
bomb went off helped the FBI catch the bombers, which makes him a hero. While
struggling with rehab he has to deal with publicity, public appearance and his
boisterous hard drinking and argumentative family. It’s his ex-girl friend Erin
(Maslany) who understands what he’s going through and gets him through the
nightmare.
Gyllenhaal and Maslany as well as Richardson as Jeff’s pushy loud-mouthed mother make this an emotional powerhouse.
4* of 5
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