
Stronger (2017)
Jake Gyllenhaal is a Boston Marathon bombing victim helping police track down the killers while struggling to recover from devastating trauma.
- Director:
- David Gordon Green ('Pineapple Express', 'All the Real Girls', 'Prince Avalanche')
- Writer:
- John Pollono
- Cast:
- Jake GyllenhaalTatiana MaslanyClancy BrownMiranda RichardsonFrankie ShawDanny McCarthyCarlos SanzKaren Scalia



Reviews & comments

Vulture
pressThere are few actors in their 30s more well-rounded than [Jake] Gyllenhaal right now, as capable of taking on disturbing psychologies in aggressive indies as they are the lead roles in crowd-pleasing tearjerkers.

Variety
pressGreen looks for small but meaningful ways to complicate and deepen the well-trod story he's telling, and by the end, those complications help the film earn its uplift.

Time Out
pressThis isn't the positive movie many will want, but it's something better: a window into post-traumatic stress and exploded identity.

The New York Times
press"Stronger" takes more artistic risks than any other American-made "inspired by true events" picture I can recall.

The Guardian
pressStronger is a film filled with warmth and humanity, but one that doesn’t sugarcoat the reality that comes with it.

Rolling Stone
pressIt's a movie that's allergic to saccharine manipulation or easy sentimentality.

Los Angeles Times
pressThe movie is a straightforward, even familiar, tale of survival and recovery, but its grave respect for the unique extremity of its protagonist's ordeal cancels out any impulse toward exploitation.

Empire Magazine
pressA deeply human and often brutally honest depiction of trauma and recovery, anchored by three superb performances — though it often falls victim to formula.

Associated Press
pressThat Stronger, as unpleasant as it is, doesn't shy away from the complicated side of recovery is admirable to say the least.

Vulture
pressThere are few actors in their 30s more well-rounded than [Jake] Gyllenhaal right now, as capable of taking on disturbing psychologies in aggressive indies as they are the lead roles in crowd-pleasing tearjerkers.

Variety
pressGreen looks for small but meaningful ways to complicate and deepen the well-trod story he's telling, and by the end, those complications help the film earn its uplift.

Time Out
pressThis isn't the positive movie many will want, but it's something better: a window into post-traumatic stress and exploded identity.

The New York Times
press"Stronger" takes more artistic risks than any other American-made "inspired by true events" picture I can recall.

The Guardian
pressStronger is a film filled with warmth and humanity, but one that doesn’t sugarcoat the reality that comes with it.

Rolling Stone
pressIt's a movie that's allergic to saccharine manipulation or easy sentimentality.

Los Angeles Times
pressThe movie is a straightforward, even familiar, tale of survival and recovery, but its grave respect for the unique extremity of its protagonist's ordeal cancels out any impulse toward exploitation.

Empire Magazine
pressA deeply human and often brutally honest depiction of trauma and recovery, anchored by three superb performances — though it often falls victim to formula.

Associated Press
pressThat Stronger, as unpleasant as it is, doesn't shy away from the complicated side of recovery is admirable to say the least.
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