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    Movie review: Jake Gyllenhaal's restrained performance gives the recovery drama 'Stronger' its strength

    by By Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times Sep 21, 2017 4 minutes

    "Stronger" is the title of Jeff Bauman's bestselling memoir about his experience as a survivor of the Boston Marathon bombing, and also of David Gordon Green's fine new film adaptation. It is also a knowing riff on "Boston Strong," a call for local unity and an assertion of hometown pride that rose from the ashes of that 2013 tragedy to become a T-shirt slogan, a hashtag and a worldwide rallying cry.

    But even the most inspiring mantra can falter under the weight of tragedy, especially if it is invoked too often in an unexamined, uncritical spirit. It's a difficult truth that this movie's shrewd, sensitive retelling, centered on Jake Gyllenhaal's fully inhabited performance in the lead role, comprehends

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