2010 · drama · coming-of-age · sports
Legendary
Directed by Mel Damski1h 47m2010
A book-smart teenager joins his school's wrestling team as a way to reunite his surviving family members, who split apart after the death of his father, a college wrestling legend, 10 years ago.
Our read: Legendary (2010) reads as a warm, steady, grounded drama · coming-of-age · sports entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Warm, steady, gentle drama / coming-of-age, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- warm
- gentle
- redemptive
- tender
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