The Greatest (2009)
6/10
Entertaining but predictable emotional drama
27 September 2010
This is a very watchable entertaining but alas predictable emotional drama which appeared short on the run time. Certainly a tear jerker and there was good acting by Pierce Brosnan, Susan Sarandon and Harey Mulligan.

The young Son is killed in the car crash and it brings his girlfriend played by Harey Mulligan into contact with his parents and a close relationship forms between them especially as the girl is carrying their Sons baby.

the title for me doesn't fit what the film was really about which centred around a family struggling to terms with the sudden loss of a loved one. More appropriate to a movie about Muhammed Ali or Schumacher or someone in a sporting or artistic context. It wont be top of your list for viewing I suspect but Brosnan never makes a bad movie and Sarandon contrasts with her role in 'Peacock' just as the young girl contrasts with her star role in 'An Education'
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