Forever Young
1992 · Movie · PG · 102 min · ★ 6.5 · 59% critics
In 1939, a test pilot volunteers for a cryogenics experiment to avoid the loss he’s facing and hopes to reunite with the woman he loves. When he finally wakes up, it’s in 1992, where he has to adapt to a changed world, find answers, and hold onto hope as time keeps moving.
Also known as Une seconde chance
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Details
- Years
- 1992
- Release date
- 1992-12-16
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Critic score
- 59/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (970 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy Forever Young if you like heartfelt sci-fi romance with a big time-gap “fish out of water” feeling, but Not for you if you prefer clearer science, tighter suspense, or faster momentum like The Lake House or Fire and Ice.
Pros: charming romance; heartfelt character focus; time-travel premise | Cons: uneven fish-out-of-water; rushed/unclear cryogenics; pacing feels TV-like
Themes
- airplane
- experiment
- test person
- u.s. air force
- cryogenics
- suspended animation
- rapid ageing
Cast & crew
Mel Gibson
as Capt. Daniel McCormick
Jamie Lee Curtis
as Claire Cooper
Elijah Wood
as Nat Cooper
Isabel Glasser
as Helen
George Wendt
as Harry Finley
Joe Morton
as Cameron
Nicolas Surovy
as John
David Marshall Grant
as Lt. Col. Wilcox USAF
Robert Hy Gorman
as Felix
Michael A. Goorjian
as Steven
Directed by Steve Miner