Big George Foreman

2023
PG-13
2h 9m

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

11K

YOUR RATING

Khris Davis in Big George Foreman (2023)

The miraculous story of the once and future Heavyweight Champion of the World is headed to the big screen.

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Fueled by an impoverished childhood, George Foreman channeled his anger into becoming an Olympic Gold medalist and World Heavyweight Champion, followed by a near-death experience that took h... Read allFueled by an impoverished childhood, George Foreman channeled his anger into becoming an Olympic Gold medalist and World Heavyweight Champion, followed by a near-death experience that took him from the boxing ring to the pulpit.Fueled by an impoverished childhood, George Foreman channeled his anger into becoming an Olympic Gold medalist and World Heavyweight Champion, followed by a near-death experience that took him from the boxing ring to the pulpit.

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IMDb RATING

6.6/10

11K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 nominations total

Dick Sadler
(as Dwayne Lamont Barnes)

Deion Smith

Roy Foreman

K Steele

Gloria Foreman
(as K. Steele)

Austin David Jones

Teenage George Jr.
(as Austin D. Jones)

Jordan Yarbrough

Teenage Mary Foreman
(as Jordan Yarborough)

Philip Fornah

Sonny Foreman
(as Philip Allin Fornah)

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Trivia
The director Geroge Tillman Jr didn't want to use a fat suit or visual effects in order to show the transformation Foreman went through from his prime to when he came out of retirement to return to boxing in his forties. The filming was split into two blocks; first to shoot scenes where Foreman is at his prime and later for when he's in his forties. The crew took six weeks off so Khris Davis could bulk up for the latter part of the filming. Davis had pretty strict instructions on how many calories to eat per day, depending on his training regime, but the actor went above and beyond, consuming 7000 calories a day to gain the necessary weight. He went from 225 to 275 in six weeks eventually ending up at around 282.

Goofs
Pleasanton, California, where the Job Corps camp is located, is in a valley, nearly surrounded by hills and mountains. There are none to be seen in the film.

Quotes
George Foreman: Anger was my answer to everything. I couldn't stop myself from fighting. It was the only thing I did well.

Connections
Featured in OWV Updates: Multimedia Update (08/10/2023) - OWV is Back! (2023)

Soundtracks
Life
Written by Nichols Phelps and Brent Lindsay
Performed by Brock Hudson
Courtesy of Glow Music Group

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Featured review

7/10

A great story about a great man.

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.