"Terry" tells the story of 21-year old amputee Terry Fox who attempted to run across Canada with only one leg. Unfortunately, he only made it to Thunder Bay, Ontario when he died, one month before his 23rd birthday yet his memories will live on forever in the hearts of Canadians everywhere.
Acting
Ashmore captures Terry's stubborn optimism without saint-ifying him
Direction
McBrearty resists sports-movie triumphalism for something messier
Director
Don McBrearty
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shawn Ashmore trained for months but still needed a body double for running sequences—his prosthetic performance was the focus.
The real Terry Fox became so mythologized that this film's messier, angrier portrayal sparked controversy among Canadians who preferred their hero sanitized.
US
CA
