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Forever Young (1992)

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Reviews Counted:16

Fresh:8

Rotten:8

Average Rating:5.3/10

Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins

Genre: Dramas

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: In 1939, the longtime girlfriend of a daredevil Army Air Corps test pilot is in an accident that renders her comatose. Grief-stricken, he volunteers to be frozen alive for a year in a cryogenics... In 1939, the longtime girlfriend of a daredevil Army Air Corps test pilot is in an accident that renders her comatose. Grief-stricken, he volunteers to be frozen alive for a year in a cryogenics experiment, in the hopes that she will have recovered by the time he is ready to be thawed out. But his body remains in a deep freeze for 50 years until two children accidentally revive him. As the pilot attempts to cope with all the technological and cultural developments that have occurred during his sleep, he hurriedly tries to find the scientist who froze him and the woman he left behind. [More]

Starring: Mel Gibson, Elijah Wood, Jamie Lee Curtis, Isabel Glasser

Starring: Mel Gibson, Elijah Wood, Jamie Lee Curtis, Isabel Glasser, George Wendt, Joe Morton, Nicolas Surovy, David Marshall Grant, Robert Hy Gorman, Eric Pierpoint, Veronica Lauren, Art Lafleur, Walton Goggins, Amanda Foreman, J.D. Cullum, Ava Lazar, Richard Ryder, Kenny Ransom, Jared Chandler, Paul Ganus, Jason Iorg, Dean Hallo, Cody Burger

Director: Steve Miner

Director: Steve Miner
Producer: Bruce Davey
Screenwriter: Jeffrey Abrams, Bruce Davey
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith

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08/31/07
Stephen Cole
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Jeffrey Westhoff
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01/26/06
Time Out

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08/22/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

A Sweet Fanasy that wears it's heart on it's sleeve

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05/06/05
Clint Morris
Clint Morris
Moviehole

Sappy but engaging.

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03/30/05
James Plath
James Plath
Reel.com

Decent romance mixed with 1950s-ish sci-fi.

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12/17/04
Kevin Carr
Kevin Carr
7M Pictures

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02/20/04
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

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07/29/03
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Walter Chaw
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central
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Vincent Canby
Vincent Canby
New York Times
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Robert Roten
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope

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02/10/03
Shannon J. Harvey
Shannon J. Harvey
Sunday Times (Australia)
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Probes the anguish of not being able to share the experiences of one's life with the person that we love.

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08/22/02
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

Awful ending.

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Las Vegas Mercury
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