
Steve is a talented gymnast who has given up competition and is working at his father's bike shop. Julie is the new girl at his old gym, who has moved to town to train with their powerful coach. Inspired by Julie, Steve resumes training. While dealing with the conflicts in their personal lives and the stress of training, they prepare for the US Olympic Trials.... (Full plot summary below)
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Steve is a talented gymnast who has given up competition and is working at his father's bike shop. Julie is the new girl at his old gym, who has moved to town to train with their powerful coach. Inspired by Julie, Steve resumes training. While dealing with the conflicts in their personal lives and the stress of training, they prepare for the US Olympic Trials.
Leave your thoughts about American Anthem.
| Los Angeles TimesPatrick GoldsteinIt's a pretty ridiculous story, and screenwriters Evan Archerd and Jeff Benjamin never figure out a way to generate any real suspense, drama or inspiration. |
| South Florida Sun-SentinelCandice RussellEssentially, American Anthem is an idea in search of a screenplay, |
| Orlando SentinelJay BoyarCast and crew are guided by the director from manipulative cliche to manipulative cliche, as everyone tries his or her best to overlook the fact that Gaylord, despite his athletic prowess, has little or no show-business talent. |
| Chicago TribuneGene SiskelThe characters are laughable; the gymnastics are unattractive. There is nothing to recommend this film. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertA large portion of the movie is given over to gymnastics competitions, which are not explained or photographed well enough to be very interesting. |
| User ReviewKelly MI can personally relate to this movie because I went through the same thing Steve Trevere went through but in a different sport! The Soundtrack has such artists as: John Parr, Stevie Nicks, Andy Taylor, Mr. Mister, Graham Nash and Inxs! |
| User ReviewYana JIf you love competition you'll love this! Gymnastics!!! just imagine!! ha ha ha |
| User ReviewMissy MOh brother, talk about HOT!! Loved this movie!! |
| User ReviewTod DLoved this movie a lot, really want to see it again |
| User ReviewTania HIf this is the one that I am thinking of - AWESOME! |