Fluentiama Perfect cast and a good story

ChampDavSlim The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

Mathilde the Guild Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

Logan By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

jdoan-4 This film is about the lengths wrestlers take to loose weight and the pressure parents put on their kids to be successful. So what. These are important issues, and their are some good films that deal with these topics (Dead Poets Society and Death of a Salesman deal somewhat with the latter--I am not familiar with any other wrestling movies), but this movie is not compelling in the least bit. This movie is poorly written, poorly directed, and poorly acted. The dialog is a fake as John Kerry. The movies strives to be witty, but it fails. The direction is not very good. I am sure wrestlers would enjoy seeing a five minute match, but those of us not familiar with wrestling could care less. Many times the movie will cut to a reaction shot of an actor who is not giving a reaction. Which brings me to the acting, or the lack thereof. The people who are striving to be actors really aren't acting. They are barely saying their lines. Some actors can be convincing as athletes (try Hillary Swank in Million Dollar Baby, a great "sports" film), but few athletes, if any, can be convincing as anything else. This is an after school movie with aspirations of being a Lifetime movie.

scottmallon Fortunately for me I get HBO here in Thailand. I've seen this movie a few times, once while in Cambodia and once while in Thailand. This movie is a little syrupy and the acting is not the best but for some reason everything works and the movie turns out to be pretty good. I am a relatively new father of two and this definitely is a father's movie. Check it out.

oklahomafineartsfoundation Generally speaking, American films are the best in the world. The English expect their films to resemble stage plays, the French demand a ballet of sorts, the Italians need to see an opera on the screen, and the Germans, a military maneuver. But American film is traditionally obligated only to provide fun and excitement as it explores the caves in which life has been hiding. "Reversal" does just that.Unlike many movies about the problems of ordinary people, however, "Reversal" portrays the ordinary people as ones you'd like to know, not as posturing dimwits and disjointed rubes. And unlike most "coming of age" movies, it focuses on a specific conflict -- the one between father and son; "Reversal" does not expose the protagonists (and us) to unrelated difficulties and extraneous events, for the sake of "color."The wrestling scenes are perfectly executed, and almost overpower the underlying art of this dramatic film -- but not quite. The acting is simple, and surprising effective. The sets are immediately comfortable, and the camera moves like an Oklahoman. If only it has occasionally shown us, as a brief glance, some silent expression or bird-on-the-wing that was somehow supplementary to the dialogue -- a loose end -- "Reversal" could have been a small masterpiece. As is, it's a "7."Kevin Cisneros

aware11 Reversal addresses current family issues that most films ignore now-days. The movie causes the audience (parents or sports enthusiasts) to reflect on the true meaning of love and life. 'Letting go' of a loved one is the main goal of the movie - and it reaches the goal with a 10+. Excellent script.