Reversal (2001)
Leo Leone has been wrestling since he was seven years old. As the only son of wrestling coach (and ex-state champion) Edward Leone, Leo's dedication to the sport was tied up in his love for his father. Now Leo is seventeen. His life has been an endless cycle of training, sacrifice, and starving to make weight -- a process that is becoming ever more difficult during adolescence. He's tired of denying himself everything, and is feeling the lure of a world beyond the mat. Living paycheck to paycheck, working a dead-end job in the mines while coaching for no money, Leo's father Ed sees a wrestling scholarship as his son's only chance to escape the treadmill of life in a small Pennsylvania town. But though his motives are good, Ed is pushing his son too hard
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Please don't spend money on this.
Overrated and overhyped
Don't listen to the negative reviews
best movie i've ever seen.
I Am a wrestle so nobody can understand how much we go through but us. Losing weight just sucks bad no joke no way to get through it, but what doesn't help for most of us is our parents. They put enormous pressure on us to win. Eventually we just crack like Leo. They nailed this movie perfect and if you liked it watch Vision Quest. Also you people need to get this straight, nobody works harder at a sport then we do, don't even think about comparing seriously lol football plays , baseball, not one of you has it harder then us. We run sweat, run sweat, and work out. Our day consist of running, sweating, practicing and watching people eat. I don't expect you guys to understand but seriously don't judge us you have no idea what hell we go through - - - - -A Wrestlers Opinion.
Although, yes, some of the choices in this movie were difficult to understand for most people, it is because they have never been through what Leo went through. As a fellow wrestler this movie appealed immensely to me because i could identify with everything the main character was going through. The dropping weight, the dehydration, and the competition on the mat was depicted flawlessly in this movie because it was made by someone who understands what wrestlers go through. This is not an attack on you personally tommyboy16, but unless you are to go through stuff like dropping weight and starving, and training like that which was depicted in the movie, it will be difficult to understand, but that is not a reflection of the quality of the movie. The overall message appeals to everybody, but the little details of the experiences of the main character will most likely appeal to athletes more. That's all, enough said.
A decent movie that makes you think about athletics in general from a parent's perspective. This could be about parents wanting anything that they value for their child.I felt the Dad was a good dad that was making the best with the hand delt him. He did not push his son without caring for him or without some reason. Some make the Dad look awful and that is not the truth. None of them had a great home life. He was not even the stereotypical father that was living through his son's victories becasue he was state champ himself. He just wanted his son to have a college education, that he did not have. He wanted more for his son than a mining job like him.The wrestling was very good but you don't see that much sports action. I gave this movie a 7. I only gave it a seven for the fact that some of the choices were not how I think a human in that situation would choose. I also feel there were some situations in the movie not explained or were not real. The wrestling was real but some of the situations did not come off to me as real. The movie seemed to have an identiy crisis, it did not know what it wanted to be.
Loved the movie, Thanks for bringing back so many memories, and keeping wrestling the best sport in the world. Finally a wrestling movie from someone that actually knows the sport. This is a must see wrestling movie. All wrestlers can relate to the hard work, dedication, and sacrifices shown in the movie.