Legendary (1:47) 2010

Legendary received terrible reviews so I skipped it on the big screen and avoided renting it. For some unknown reason, probably due to Patricia Clarkson has a starring role, I gave it a chance. And I liked it, really liked it. Yes, it is sentimental, schmaltzy and predictable but it is a feel good movie. Cal is a scrawny fifteen year old who decides to wrestle for his high school team in Oklahoma. (This was interesting because wrestling high school teams don't exist in Connecticut.) Cal's older brother Mike was a champion high school wrestler and now estranged from the family. Mike blames himself for a car accident that took his father's life and his feeling of guilt was reinforced by his grief stricken mother. Cal gets in touch with his brother and asks him to train and coach him. They meet privately and work out. As time goes on, they form a relationship until the day Mike lands in jail after a bar fight. Although this movie uses the backdrop of high school wrestling, it really is about a family struggling after a  tragedy and the forces that bring them back together. And yes I cried at the end of this feel good movie.