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Backwards
Directed by
Ben Hickernell
PG
2012
89m
Drama
,
Romance
,
and more
5.5
28%
52%
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When a fiercely competitive 30 year old rower fails to make the Olympic boat for the second time, she takes a coaching job at a school but struggles to adjust to life off the race course.
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Cast of Backwards
Sarah Megan Thomas
Abi Brooks / Writer
James Van Der Beek
Geoff
Glenn Morshower
Coach Spriklin
Margaret Colin
Mrs. Brooks
Wynn Everett
Reba
Alexandra Metz
Hannah
David Alan Basche
Cox
Ellis Walding
Preston
Alysia Reiner
Meghan
Meredith Apfelbaum
Susan
Ben Hickernell
Director
Stephanie Holbrook
Producer
Backwards Ratings & Reviews
Variety
Joe Leydon
Passably pleasant but thoroughly predictable.
Philadelphia Daily News
Molly Eichel
Backwards" is obvious at times, but what makes it stand out are the details that Thomas imbues in her character.
Seattle Weekly
Brian Miller
Corny and predictable, sure, but Backwards will appeal to a few junior oarswomen around Seattle.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
A movie whose main virtue was its honesty ultimately lands in a place that feels canned and unsatisfying. But on the way there, Backwards isn't so bad.
Washington Post
Stephanie Merry
The biggest problem ... is the characters who populate the film. For the most part, they're one-dimensional caricatures.
Boston Globe
Mark Feeney
The neatness of the plotting becomes almost comical after a while. Construction is one thing; contrivance is another.
Boston Phoenix
Jake Mulligan
Even James Van Der Beek, so natural as a high school athletic director that you can't help but wonder if he's actually spent time in that job, can't save this film from drowning.
Common Sense Media
Sandie Angulo Chen
Drama is bland but teaches girls about competitive rowing.
Los Angeles Times
Gary Goldstein
Although this modest indie may not make a huge splash, it just might inspire some hearty younger viewers - especially women - to grab a set of oars and find their bliss.
New York Post
Sara Stewart
Hickernell soft-pedals the material into a blandly feel-good dramedy.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
It's a pleasant, but not especially dramatic, story about giving up your dream and hatching a new one.
New York Times
Jeannette Catsoulis
Pairing a dull romance with an even duller sport (at least as represented here), this clich-ridden vanity project is more suited to the ABC Family channel than to the inside of a movie theater.
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
[A] painfully clichd inspirational sports drama ...
TheFilmFile.com
Dustin Putman
Likable in spurts but too safe by a long stroke, "Backwards" would be right at home as a cable movie airing on ABC Family.
AV Club
Sam Adams
It's an uncomplicated single-character study whose main purpose is as a housing for its lead performance.
Village Voice
Michael Nordine
Subplots are introduced only to be resolved within minutes, characters jettisoned at a moment's notice.
Slant Magazine
Tomas Hachard
Streamlines its busy set of plots into a 90-minute sprint, throughout which characters often confront and overcome their obstacles within the same scene.
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