Blucher
One of the worst movies I've ever seen
Contentar
Best movie of this year hands down!
Glucedee
It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.
pawsme62
I had wanted to see this movie for a while, as I am a really big Aidan Quinn fan, so I was thrilled when I found a copy today! But my hopes were too high for the level of this movie. The story was solid, the acting was decent, but the script was obviously an afterthought to the football footage. The writers never really introduced the viewers to the Abbatte family (what was wrong with the daughter?), gave very little notice to the interactions and reactions of the family as a whole regarding their loss, and basically didn't give the actors much with which to present their characters or to move the story line. With such a good story and a high-caliber cast, this movie could have been a great one, but instead it pretty much just laid down with a whimper. Next time, guys, "FOCUS" on the story, not clips of football plays and cheerleaders. Really a sad treatment of a promising premise.
lekcots11
This is a pretty good Faith-based movie. From reading other reviews, some people don't understand that this movie is REALLY BASED ON A TRUE STORY. I'm reading that some people are turned off by Merriman's hair. Well that's because that's how the real player's hair was. I'm a Wake Forest fan and I watched a lot from that season. They did the best they could wit what they had. Scenes were filmed from campus and the stadium. They did have to do some cosmetics (terrible) to the stadium because it undergone changes since that season in 2006 (rename and video screen.) The acting isn't too bad, a bit too dramatic at times. Yes, some scenes weren't completely true, but that was the same for the Blindside too. I don't know if any of you noticed but many times they used actual footage from televised games. I didn't like how a lot of the time they showed the same footage of the crowd, even if they were at different stadiums, I could tell they use scenes from the same stadium. Good movie overall though. Worth watching a least once.
carolcarre
and it gets worse. Who really wants their son to go get his brain bashed because their other football hero son died in a car wreck? Who would pressure a son like that? Only uncaring un-Christian parents, that's who, parents who idolize one boy and drive the other to be a replacement son. Awful awful awful. All the sobbing and totally stupid reactions of the parents are almost beyond belief. AS my husband asked me, "do real families act and talk this way?" I suppose some do. More's the pity.Of course, the movie follows Jon's meteoric change from slacker to super football hero based on just will power and I suppose divine guidance (why do so many people think Divinity adores football and rewards its football players?)
vbutterfield1989
I saw this on my NetFlix it looked like an OK movie, but then i started watching it and, I wouldn't recommend this to anyone the story is a good one but the way it was put together just doesn't work. I like Ryan Merriman from his Disney movie days but in this movie I just cant get past him with the long hair and how it always looks dirty no matter what, just a bad choice in my opinion. I had no idea going into this movie it was going to be a Faith driven movie, witch I have never been a big fan of but to each our own right? The off acting, music cues and editing of this movie just threw me off I made it 3/4 the way through the movie before i had to change it to something else because of it.
