Stronger

...what really grounds “Stronger” is the work by Gyllenhaal and Maslany, both giving performances at or at least near the top of their already-notable careers here.

...Gyllenhaal is effortlessly good here. It’s an awards-worthy performance for a star who so often gets miscast and he sells both the good and the bad within Bauman.

A deeply human and often brutally honest depiction of trauma and recovery, anchored by three superb performances...

David Gordon Green teams up with Jake Gyllenhaal to bring us a biopic that’s harder, better, faster...

Trauma doesn’t exactly define us. But it does shape who we are. And the road to recovery isn’t always a scenic one – it’s often riddled with stops and starts.

Stronger är en snyftare i Oscarsklass, med hjärtat på rätta stället.