Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the Worl

George Foreman becomes the new heavyweight champion of the world. Only in two rounds, Foreman knocks out the undisputed heavyweight champion, Joe Frazier, to take the title from him. The movie called “Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World” tells about George’s life as the boxer, businessman, and pastor.

As we peek into his story, this picture starts us off with George as an impoverished young boy getting picked on by other children. George responds to his bullies like a raging storm. He pounds people like a hammer to a nail. Growing up, he utilizes his fists with anyone who upsets him. Then, as an adolescent, without an education and no marketable skills, Foreman survives on the street doing illicit activities.

One day, George decides to join Job Corps, the vocational training program that was central to President Johnson’s War on Poverty. While in the Corps, the raging storm still brews in George. Once again he blows up at another person who wrongs him and destroys property. Instead of ousting Foreman from the Corps, Doc Broadus (Forest Whitaker) teaches George how to utilize his fury in a discipline sport. George faces the challenges of learning the sport of boxing, having no prior involvement with the sport.

Despite all his success and wealth, George’s home life was failing. George has adulterous relations with various women, causing his marriage to end in divorce.

Leter, Foreman has a near death experience which results in George spending the rest of his days serving Jesus Christ, which is just the beginning of a new journey. He starts off as a street evangelist. He has money troubles and difficulties. However, this time Foreman manages his emotions differently.

Although it is a family-friendly film, parents should use caution with younger children due to the violence inherent to boxing. It has no swear words. There is partial nudity, but it is limited to men without shirts when they are boxing in the ring. George kisses his wife when they get married. In one scene where George commits adultery, the woman goes into his bedroom and then the door shuts. People never witness what happened behind the closed door, but the implication is clear. The actor, Kris Davis, who plays George Foreman, makes me believe that he is the heavy weight boxer. I felt his anger when he was fighting. Forest Whitaker plays Doc Broadus in the picture. Whitaker is an Academy award winning actor. His performance is stellar in this production as well. He convincingly expresses his care and concern for George throughout the movie. Sonja Sohn plays his mother. She gives a strong performance as a Christian mother. The actors give the audience hope throughout this film.

The only wokeism that I saw was when George returned from the Olympics, some of the black friends told him that he should not have waved the American flag when he won the gold medal.

Overall, I would recommend this picture for the family. It is a sports biographical film about George Foreman. It is a boxing story; therefore the audience will see blood. Divorce is implied, but it is never discussed. I think it could be a good witnessing tool to assist in bringing unbelievers to Christ. This issincerely a heart-warming movie.

• Violence: Mild
• Nudity: Mild
• Profane language: Minor
• Sex: Minor
• Wokeism: Minor
• Vulgar/Crude language: None
• Drugs/Alcohol: None
• Occult: None

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