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I have a great admiration and respect for George Foreman. Having lost the World Heavyweight title to Muhammad Ali, his comeback story is one that begs to be seen. Having almost died after a boxing match, George credited his resurrection to Jesus and became a preacher and preached on the streets first. Due to financial problems from mishandling of his funds, George was forced to get back into the ring one last time.

There's a title fight between Tommy Morrision(the real-life boxer who starred in Rocky V 1990) and Foreman that you should see. Shannon Briggs, Tommy Morrison, Evander Holyfield, Jimmy Young, and Muhammad Ali are the five boxers who have beaten Foreman. Foreman's last fight I believe was with Shannon Briggs. Briggs won by a majority decision(MD). In a total of 81 fights, George has won an incredible 76 and losing only five times. Had he boxed more this record could've been huge. He was a huge powerhouse of a boxer and only a very few could withstand his punches.

The movie deals with Foreman's life as a youngster, quickly moving into his boxing career where he faced the likes of Joe Frazier. The Muhammad Ali match dubbed the "Rumble In The Jungle" is the highlight. I believe the real actual whole match is available free to see online if you are an enthusiast. I watched Facing Ali that showed actual highlights from the fight so I did not care to see the full fight. The movie's acting, directing, sound-effects and music are top-notch. Khris Davis plays Big George and Sullivan Jones plays Ali. I thought Jones was terrific in his portrayal of the brash and arrogant Muhammad Ali dubbed "The Mouth Of The South".

Verdict: it's way better than Creed 3(2023) and of course it's based on the true life story of a "real-life" boxer.

Other boxing movies: Dempsey(1983), Brutal Glory(1989), Gladiator(1992), Fighting Tommy Riley(2004), Cinderella Man(2005).

Thanks for reading this review and as Mister Spock says, live long and prosper.

Wow, I'm also very surprised as to how few people have gone to see this in the theatre. It really is a very real, and very inspiring story. It's far too real for many of the critics it seems. Many of them seem to want heartless and flashy nowadays, or overdramatic films with a much more unrealistic heart. There's none of that here, and I'd rather watch more grounded films like this any day of the week. Personally I really didn't care much for the bloated, semi-factual and overly choppily directed Elvis film from 2022. I strongly preferred this much more real feeling story.

I still remember the night Foreman became the Heavyweight Champion of the World for the 2nd time. It was pretty much all anyone was talking about for the next while. How could it even happen? He inspired a ton of old people and a ton of kids as well. To me, Ali and Foreman are truly among histories most inspirational athletes, and more than that, just very inspirational people. They were real however, they both had flaws, but for the most part, both of them successfully overcame many of their shortcomings as well. Both men in fact did it while being greatly inspired by their faith. The film does seem a little rushed at times, as it likely needed to be. When we're dealing with a real persons life, and trying to fit all of the most important parts into a film, that just often has to be the way. Otherwise you end up with a film that's way too long. All in all, I'm certainly glad I went and saw this. Thank you George, for sharing your very inspiring story.

7/10.

Finally a biographical pic on one of the most inspirational boxers of the century! I'd be lying if I wasn't hyped as hell to watch Big George, and for the most part it was exactly what I wanted!

Unfortunately, the third act was when things started to get a bit iffy, following Foremans decade long hiatus from boxing. I don't expect the film to broadcast EVERY single one of Foremans fights, but they really rushed his comeback. The training was all fine, but the Holyfield and Moorer fights were really downplayed, to the point that they used stock footage for Holyfield v Foreman. And then suddenly we are dropped into the Moorer fight with perhaps little to no buildup whatsoever. And then the film just kind of ends all of a sudden. The pacing took an absolute nosedive.

On a side note, the Jamaican accent that Foreman's wife uses was shockingly bad and killed any seriousness in a scene with her in it.

Beyond those issues, and perhaps a bit of an intrusive soundtrack at times, this is as good of a George Foreman biopic as you could ask for.

Overall the movie does a very good job taking the viewer through the life of George Foreman who is often overshadowed by Muhammed Ali. The movie takes its time walking the audience through the major stages of his life and from my knowledge is quite historically accurate. As for the entertainment value it doesn't pack the same punch as the fictional Creed movies and the fight scenes lack the flare of those in Creed or Rocky , but the movie is not as much about Foreman's boxing career solely as it is more about the man's journey through life.

His accomplishments in the ring are no doubt impressive, but the story of how he arrived there is perhaps more interesting. Certainly a must see movie for any fan of boxing history , but it probably won't connect with viewers who have never heard of George Foreman before. It also lacks some of the glitz and glamour of other boxing movies which could lead some viewers to view it less favorably.

I never knew the story of George foreman but it really was an inspiring and uplifting to watch. To see George's upbringing and dealing with his angry and challenges as a child and into his adult life was encouraging and fun to watch him start to succeed. The acting was solid and I personally had a strong attachment to the main character that you see his development from a boy to a man. His nature of giving back and self exploration was captured really well and had you rooting for him every step of the way. Watching his ups and downs and struggles was truly inspiring and thought the movie captured it well.

My knowledge of Big George Foreman accumulates to two things as a child of the 90s: His name is on the greatest cooking device ever made and he started the trend of middle-aged men proving that they still got it. All that was enough to paek my interest in learning about the rest.

Of course, I'm aware of his big fight with Muhammad Ali but this has to be the first movie that told the story from his perspective (Not surprising sense he did not have the favorable outcome). I learned a lot about Foreman that was really inspiring. It was also a great boxing movie, absolutely a great contender for one of the best sports movies ever made, which surprises me how low key its release was.

It's covering a lot so it goes by a little too fast, but the Info is solid and engaging. Forest Whitaker and Sona Sohn are the only two recognizable names but the dude who plays Foreman himself was absolutely excellent in the role. The physically transformation from becoming 19-year Foreman to 45-year-old Foreman was worthy of an Oscar nod at least (if you believe what they say about winning an Oscar) Big George Forman throughs a good punch.

I sure learned a lot from this biographical film, and Foreman's story is like one of those fictional underdog Hollywood films, but it's true. It doesn't get much better than that. All casting and performances where excellent, especially Sullivan Jones who emulated Muhammad Ali perfectly. Even though the pacing felt a little slow at times, the 129 min runtime still flew by with the many vast sub-plots that contributed to Foreman's life story. The screenplay had great fluidity and cohesiveness to it, and was very easy to follow, albeit a little reserved. My only complaint was that I felt the action/fight sequences were filmed underwhelmingly, and could've used more dramatics and better choreography. Plus I felt they were a little too short and rushed, and the focus was more on the story than the action. I'm ok with that, because I wasn't expecting a Rocky or Creed film, but the biographical story of a legendary human being, and that's exactly what I got.

This movie covers George Foreman's life from his childhood to regaining the world heavyweight championship later in life. Foreman has had a pretty incredible life, which is why it's difficult to cover it in a two hour movie. Many seminal moments and important people in his life (besides his mother and boxing coach) seem a bit like a blur as we hurry from one important event to the next. For what it is, it's a pretty enjoyable movie with a strong performance, if a bit one dimensional, from the lead actor Khris Davis. Although brief, the boxing sequences were well done and intense. Not a fan of these bio-pics stylistically, but this is one of the better attempts to cover a rollercoaster of a life.

I live in Houston, George Foreman was born and raised in Houston. So I have a natural connection to his story, and this movie. Plus I am a few years older than Foreman, I remember the 1968 Olympics where as a teenager he won the Gold medal in boxing, defeating a highly favored Russian boxer. And walking around the ring afterwards holding the tiny USA flag in one hand. I also remember him from commercials selling the George Foreman Grill.

However I really didn't know anything about his upbringing in a rough neighborhood, Houston's Fifth Ward, his dropping out of high school, his joining the Job Corps for training, and how he got attracted to boxing in the first place. This movie is well-made and it covers all that and more.

It also shows that Foreman is a good example of a highly paid professional athlete who trusts another person to take care of his wealth, invest for him wisely, but doesn't take an interest in auditing his finances periodically. Poor money management is what led him to hawk his Foreman Grill and to return to prize fighting even after he became a preacher. He needed to pay the bills.

On a positive note, in 1999 he sold his interest in the Foreman Grill for $137 Million, so he came out of that pretty well. And the movie touches on the initial rivalry with Ali that eventually turned into a life-long friendship between the two.

George Foreman is an interesting fellow, this movie is worth watching. I saw it at home on DVD from my public library, my wife skipped because she is not a fan of boxing.

I expected a lot from this, I was excited to see the story play out, I've seen many boxing/cage fighting films and I also like learning about people I don't know much about.

He had a rough start but so many people do but he has a loving family and a sweet relationship with his sister but immediately this film felt slow and bland, more like a tv doc than a film, but thought it'll pick up.

It doesn't, it's very slow moving, the characters are naff, I know they're based on real people but they don't translate too well on the big screen. Everything's just extremely average and no one is impressing you.

It almost feels like this would've been better as s 2 part doc on espn or sky, as a film although the story sounds interesting it really isn't, moves from one thing to another, very little resistance, he does what he wants and no one really matters to him deep down, his family do but the wives and children not so much.

The boxing screens are generally rubbish, the fights have zero excitement, just nothing, I found myself dozing off constantly, I mean considering he was involved in putting this together it's just so bland. George has nothing remotely likeable about him, he's a bit simple, that's it, he shows no personality throughout, nothing that'll get you talking,

It's just genuinely boring, you don't feel like your on the journey, just feels like your watching a documentary, there's nothing hear that would make me recommend this.

Dull, slow, pointless, delusional and boyubgv by ggg by.

George Foreman is a hugely impressive man, of that there is no question. What he achieved in the sport of boxing is truly phenomenal and deserves to be committed to film. However, a remarkable life does not necessarily make a remarkable film, and that is painfully evident with this biopic.

For a two hour film it feels excruciatingly long. The pace is ploddy and lethargic and it is a real chore at times. There's a lack of creative or visual flair in the filmmaking which doesn't help with this issue. The boxing sequences are also relatively flat which doesn't help either.

In terms of the story, it is very interesting. I knew next to nothing about Big George before watching this film, so learning about his rise in boxing was really interesting, but the story isn't overly well told. It zips past too many areas and lingers in others for too long. It is always difficult with a biopic deciding which areas to focus on across an entire life, and I don't think this one gets it quite right.

I wasn't entirely convinced with the lead performance either. Khris Davis is a fine actor I'm sure but too often he just felt off. I can't put my finger on it but it just doesn't work.

Quite often the tone felt off as well. The initial half an hour or so was incredibly cheesy, with really quite poor dialogue.

As negative as all of that sounds, I did enjoy this film. It isn't overly well made and feels pretty clunky in parts, but it's hard to ignore how fun and engaging the story is. When you have such a brilliantly interesting man at the centre of your biopic, it's hard not to make a compelling film. Despite its lack of flair, this is still a solidly engaging biopic.

So if your watching this movie to gleam some new information about George's life, you'll be disappointed bar the first few minutes about his childhood growing up. After that the film just tells of his boxing history which in of itself isn't too bad until the movie takes a hard left into religion. The problem here isn't that George was a religious man, the problem is the movie wants to explain divine intervention into his life. At times I felt I was watching a propaganda movie for the Christian church. This movie had so much promise given this great sportsman's life but fails to give us anything we didn't know.

The writing/direction/acting is okay but lacks the gravitas/eloquence needed to make it a great film; which is disappointing. Nevertheless due to the remarkable and fascinating story at hand this still has turned out a good watchable film; but it could have been great. Once again it's ok, it isn't bad. Everybody involved does an ok job but the man and the story deserved better.

It's primarily let down by The script and the direction. But once again this isn't a bad film it is a good film. You are gripped because the man's life is so engrossing.

The film is probably a six but I have given it a seven because the man himself deserves that respect.

Once again it's a good watch but it could have been great.

It's a straight forward biopic of boxing champ George Foreman. He grew up poor, hungry and angry in Houston. Her single mom (Sonja Sohn) struggled to raise him and his siblings in their tough Houston neighborhood. He finds a mentor in Doc Broadus (Forest Whitaker) who leads him to boxing. He becomes champ, but it all comes crashing down in his loss to Ali. He becomes a preacher, but financial trouble sends him back to the ring in an unbelievable climb back to the top.

George Foreman has had a legendary life. It's an all-American underdog life full of ups and downs. On the other hand, the movie is very standard. It's a very straight telling of his story. I do like all the actors here especially every different George Foremans. Sometimes, his story gets very compelling and very emotional. He may be a famous dope, but he's the dope we love.

As a boxing fan and a fan of Big George, I was really looking forward to this film and I enjoyed watching it and learning more about his story.

The actor playing Foreman was great, he had the physique and really studied the fighting style and the way he threw those signature, thudding punches was bang on the button!

I thought the actor playing Ali struggled with getting the voice right. There were moments he was okay, but most of the time the tone just wasn't there and was flat. They should have worked on this more, as Ali is such an icon many viewers would have picked up on these obvious flaws. Although physically he looked the part and did very well in the boxing scene.

The fight choreography was brilliant throughout, especially for the Joe Frazier fight and of course the Rumble in the Jungle. The respective actors stylistically were spot on in the styles of the boxers they portrayed.

Overall a good boxing film covering the life of one of its most lovable legends. God bless you George.

TRUST me when I say that I watch A LOT of series and movies, and I put this on just random, but this movie is worth over a 7 here on imdb.

It's a great story, great acting and it's full of both hope and sorrow, but if there's one word to describe it, it would be 'inspirational'.

This is a story about taking charge of your life and giving it your all. It's a story about how believing in yourself combined with having others you love believe in you can truly take you to the very top, even if nobody else would dare to bet on it.

Worth every minute.

I would suggest you watch it on a saturday night, yes, you can! I think many movies are often made for sundays, but this is a movie that gives you a great uplifting spirit which is suitable for a saturday movie night. A great watch and I'm glad that I saw it.

Being a sports and boxing fan and also I consider myself a history buff I just had to watch this "Big George Foreman:The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champ" and I must say it was entertaining, informative and a well done in depth bio pic of the two time heavyweight champion in one big George. From his early and poor start on the tough streets of Houston, Texas to his enrollment in a jobs corp. Training in California one could see that young George was a determined man. To take away some of his temper and street vices he chose boxing and he found his taking as under the right training and work ethic it was then Olympic gold and then on to the heavyweight ranks as he became champ. However as in work and life George had highs and lows, ring losses, money and wife problems. However after his retirement George found calling in a higher power with the good book and he then started his own church. However George a born fighter listens to his heart and captures the world heavyweight championship again with an upset victory. George thru determination, hard work, faith, and luck did it his way. Overall good bio pic highly suggest that any sports history or boxing fan see it.

As a combat sports fan, I was really looking forward to this movie. It tells the story of George Forman's life and career both in and outside of the ring but it lacked an emotional punch.

The film showed us enough material to provide us with an interesting story on screen but it didn't offer the viewer much else.

The in ring training and fight scenes didn't seem particularly convincing and even if you put that down to watching 'large heavyweight boxers', the wider acting didn't seem particularly inspired. Some aspects of Foreman's life are touched on so quickly or lightly that they end up feeling like generic story beats as opposed something that Foreman's actually experienced and/or dealt with.

There is still something to be had for combat sport fans, fans of George Foreman or maybe even those who have never come across his story. I just wish I could have enjoyed how the story was told alongside what was told.

Eorge Foreman's life journey is certainly one that would entice any biopic filmmaker, and director George Tillman Jr. (who previously made Notorious) is a pretty good choice to assign that task. The screenplay (by Frank Baldwin and the director himself), however, does no favours. It hastily runs through various events in Foreman's life, without letting them register in our heads. Each scene plays out like a chapter in a book, but it only seeks to underline specific bullet points. For instance, Foreman getting stuck in a sewer is meant to showcase the difficulties he faced while growing up. There's another instance of kids mocking him at a school for having no lunch to eat. These scenes basically get the point across, but they fail to make us inherently feel the struggle.

When Foreman gets into boxing, which happens over yet another tick-the-list scene, he's immediately shown to win the Olympic gold medal. The conception of the scene and its outcomes have a "Wikipedia reading" feel to them. This is something that's applicable to the entire film. George's first wife enters and exits the picture in just ten minutes or so. And the whole retirement and finding God saga also lacks zest. It's not like they wanted this to be considered full-fledged Christian propaganda, so even this part of Foreman's life is something the writers simply rush through. Financial struggles bring him back to the boxing ring, only for him to complete his intriguing arc. This story could've benefited from some real dramatic heft, as opposed to just conveying the message. Khris Davis' physical transformation is incredible to see, even when the writers don't give him solidly affecting material to work with.

I went to see this as it was released, knew very little about George, but wow, what a man. I was hooked throughout the film, I celebrated with him, cried with him and felt inspired by his life. The characters all have different areas that the film comes back to, helping develop an understanding of George's life.

Without spoiling the plot, I thought after the first hour, 'what else is there to know'? His life changes massively and I would say both halves, although inspirational, look at different journeys. He had such courage and motivation to achieve.

Please give it ago, it's a great piece of art that can be enjoyed by all.

I really didn't know what to expect from this movie. The trailer was great. But the critics savaged it. Audience reviews were more positive, but often for reasons like "I enjoyed the Christian parts." So...is this thing actually worth the time of a serious cinema (or boxing) aficionado?

Well, sort of. The opening act of Big George Foreman is quite good. He's very sympathetic when he's mired in poverty and forced to enroll in the Job Corps, a weird 1960s boot camp for jobseekers. I also like how they handled the first phase of George's boxing career, when he was a powerhouse young knockout artist feared by everyone but Muhammad Ali.

So where does it go wrong? Amazingly, the film rushes through Foreman's astonishing comeback, 10 years after his initial retirement. In real life, his triumphant return to boxing was one of most improbable but awesome events in the history of sports. But in this cheesy movie, it's nothing special; he comes back, he wins, roll credits.

Two things would make this movie better. First, it needs more jokes. The real George Foreman is hilarious; watch any interview with him, and you'll see he cracks jokes all the time. Not so here. Second, it needs more Muhammad Ali. Why dramatize his early antagonism with George, and then their reconciliation, but not their later friendship? Both the Will Smith Ali movie, and this one, shy away from showing Muhammad Ali when he was older and sick. But I think that's a poor dramatic choice. Ali got sick as a consequence of boxing, that's the reality of it, and they shouldn't keep refusing to show it.

I suppose the overall problem with this movie is that it's exactly the wrong length. It should be a full miniseries, which would give each phase of George's life more room to breathe. Or, it could perhaps be 15 minutes shorter and more exciting. As it is, it's an okay 2-plus hours of entertainment that's not as good as watching George Foreman talk about his own life on YouTube.