Stevecorp Don't listen to the negative reviews
Comwayon A Disappointing Continuation
Gurlyndrobb While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.
Staci Frederick Blistering performances.
iskwobukaj This was by far the best football movie I ever saw! As a former coach, I loved the relationship with the players (beyond that of a coach). i also saw myself in the coach's growing as an individual and changing his perspective on what is important. You see the tragedy of the death of a player. The hardships of growing up, temptations outside of football and the struggles of family, growing up poor, and the demands of an unrealistic father. I like after the movie when the real coach was shown giving the eulogy at church. The coach also was offered a high paying college job but tuned it down because he realized the impact he was having on the boys he worked with. He also changed his own relationship with one player who happened to be his son.
Reno Rangan Inspired by the real story of a high school American-football coach and his team's participation in the 2004 season. The fall and rise of one of the most consistent team, especially after holding a record for the longest winning streak, what happens when it was broken unexpectedly? Do the players lose the confidence, coach be clueless, parents go crazy and media annoys them, is what neatly this film narrated. It looked nice to me and I had a good time, but it was too long and not inspiring as the other sports film based on the true events.From the director of 'Coach Carter', another decent sports film. I am not disappointed because I was not expecting to be a masterpiece, though not bad for once viewing. All the actors were good, especially it is Jim Caviezel's one of the major roles and he was amazing. American-football was always been an Americas sport, so I never interested in it except watching films based on them for inspiration. Especially after 'Conccusion', my interest on them dropped further.Whatever I said is not a reason to skip the film. As a film, it did the right thing to portray the real life achievers on the screen to boost the young sports persons. Only to me it was just an above average, but for many others, it is one of the best sports film of the year. Forget the American-football, what I liked was, achievements are good for our progress and make a career, but sometimes there's much more than making records in the games. So it's a good moral lesson film than a fine entertaining film. I won't recommend it, but definitely not a waste of time.6.5/10
SnoopyStyle Bob Ladouceur (Jim Caviezel) is the coach of the De La Salle Spartans in Concord, California. In 2003, they win their 12th consecutive championships and a unimaginable streak of 151 wins. Graduates Cam Colvin and T.K. Kelly are friends facing challenges. Bob has a heart attack and is forced to stop coaching. His son Danny has trouble catching and is frustrated with his dad. His wife Bev (Laura Dern) wants him to accept the college job offers. Chris Ryan has a chance to break the state TD record and suffers under his demanding father Mickey Ryan (Clancy Brown). Coach Ladouceur is able to return but the team loses the first two games. Then they face the #1 ranked team in the state, Long Beach Polytechnic High School.The true story and Bob Ladouceur's message forces the movie to struggle for a more traditional drama. The graduates' story is important but they're separated from the team's main story. The game against Long Beach is the most dramatic but it happens midway in the movie. However, this message movie needs to continue so that the message can be explained and end with the final game. It's not that the final game that is the most important but the final play which delivers the morality tale. Quite frankly, the last half of the movie should be done in an extended postscript. The drama is in the first three games.
gmuend84 I grew up in Concord,Ca and what we always felt was unfair is De La Salle is a Private, Catholic High School thus is able to "recruit students"(Basically uber- talented footballers as dumb as rocks) from anywhere in the country because they are not bound by the same restrictions as public High Schools who require students to reside within their designated boundaries. Of course once they begin winning games the School poaches the talent from public High Schools thus creating this superhuman team of talented players. What i find even more offensive is they film the movie in Louisiana, 2500 miles away from where it should have been made which only adds to the unrealistic aspect of the so called "Human dramas" which seem to unfold during the characters portrayals.
