CheerupSilver
Very Cool!!!
Phonearl
Good start, but then it gets ruined
Glucedee
It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.
Cissy Évelyne
It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.
merklekranz
Although "Reversal" is a youth wrestling movie, it really has a message that runs true in any sport. The message is quite universal and that is, if parents try and relive their fantasies through their children, it inevitably proves disastrous for everyone. Children who are pressured to be the best athletes where winning is everything, eventually stop having fun. When a sport ceases being fun it is time to quit, and that is exactly what often happens with children who are pressured in sports. So at that point everyone loses, and parent - child relationships are severely strained. This movie explores just such a scenario, and might be a real eye opener for both parents and youth athletes alike. - MERK
BobbyBo02
Where can I start with this movie. As a long time wrestler and now a Coach I can not stand this movie. I hate it with a passion. Have I cut weight have I seen others cut weight? Yes! I had a tough father who was my coach knew a lot of wrestlers that were in the same situation. All this sport did was give a bad name to all wrestlers everywhere. The weight cutting was over kill. When he shows the 8 year old cutting weight is also over kill. Never in my life have I seen a child cutting weight. NEVER and if I did that coach would probably be in a trash can somewhere because I don't know of one youth coach that would see that as acceptable behavior.Second how could I ever say that this is a good wrestling movie. The kid works hard and quits in the end. What message are we sending to the young people in this country that its OK to quit and not finish what we started because its just to hard. Guess what wrestling isn't a sport for the weak and were telling our kids that its OK to quit.Sacrifice is part of any sport. There needs to be a film that shows my favorite sport for what it is the greatest sport in the world. A sport that shows young men and women (yes I said women. Its an Olympic sport now folks) what they are made of. Any wrestler who enjoys this movie no longer has my respect.
tommyboy-16
A decent movie that makes you think about athletics in general from a parent's perspective. This could be about parents wanting anything that they value for their child.I felt the Dad was a good dad that was making the best with the hand delt him. He did not push his son without caring for him or without some reason. Some make the Dad look awful and that is not the truth. None of them had a great home life. He was not even the stereotypical father that was living through his son's victories becasue he was state champ himself. He just wanted his son to have a college education, that he did not have. He wanted more for his son than a mining job like him.The wrestling was very good but you don't see that much sports action. I gave this movie a 7. I only gave it a seven for the fact that some of the choices were not how I think a human in that situation would choose. I also feel there were some situations in the movie not explained or were not real. The wrestling was real but some of the situations did not come off to me as real. The movie seemed to have an identiy crisis, it did not know what it wanted to be.
keiru827
Mr Petulla obviously put a lot of time and effort and heart into the making of this film....the wrestling is genuine and the story is heart rendering ...we took a group of folks to view the film.. It was truly enjoyed by all and certainly made some of the folks in the audience do some evaluating... I hope you take the time to see it .
