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Load of rubbish!!

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

As an Australian I have never been drawn to the padded shoulders, grunt and bash that grid iron seems to be. However I finally got past my sports bias and watched because of the black/white and Christian story lines. Surprised myself by totally enjoying it. What a sportsman Touchdown Tony proved to be and how moving the conversion and cohesion of the Woodlawn team. Will be recommending this one to my friends. Good movie

I started to watch this film thinking it was going to be as good as Remember The Titans or Friday Night Lights (the TV show), or at least it was going to try, but what a disappointment. This film uses American High-School Football as an excuse to convert you into Christianity, or to make you feel good if you are a Christian already. The guys who made this film didn't have in their minds making a good film but to make a film about Jesus and to earn some bucks to pay the bills. But if you are a film lover with a little bit of good taste, refrain from watching this film, unless you are a die-hard football movies fan and/or you love Christian-themed flicks and don't care much about quality. But even then, it's not worth your time, there are better movies out there. Acting: Although you may find an experienced cast, such as Sean Astin and Thomas C. Howell, all of them are very badly directed by the team of brothers who are the actual filmmakers. The only one I could spare would be Jon Voigt. The characters are flat, their personalities lack any hint of human complexity... It's just good or bad, no grey area whatsoever. The main character, coach Tandy Gerelds played by Nic Bishop, is a copycat of Friday Night Lights' coach Eric Taylor (played by Kyle Chandler), but worse. Unless every high school coach behave the same. Cinematography: It looks like this film had a low budget. Then it looks the film crew is used to make movies with low budgets... And it shows. Some shots are "cheap", especially the ones in the football matches, where the Production team may not have all the dough to pay the extras, they probably had just one day to shoot with a large crowd, so sometimes you don't see people cheering in the background. Some shots, especially the ones after a touchdown, have these low-angle shots that are too obvious. And the shots with rain are just ridiculous. Music: They tried to be "epic", but they failed miserably because the chosen score is too epic for what appears on the screen. It's not a matter of not being epic the things that happened in that high school, it's about how it's filmed this feature which makes it too "cheap" for such "epic" music. Doesn't match at all. Screen writing: The events described are treated in a very unnatural, gauged way. Instead of filming greatness through humbleness, they do the opposite. Everything looks fake and too easy, and perhaps it wasn't that easy at all for some black people back there in Alabama in the early 70's. Filmmaking: The movie is way too long. Maybe if it were 90 minutes long, the filmmakers had some good taste and some experience with good filmmaking and knew how to direct the cast, the film would be a 5 or 6 out of 10. Subject: The theme of this film should have been how black people struggled to be accepted by white people through football achievements and with a little help of a preacher, but instead it is a vehicle to show how good Christianity is and how much good could do with your life, when there are wars, refugees, torture, lots of dead people and whatnot in the rest of the world created by the same deity. They should have left the Christian web page at the very end of the credits, not at the beginning. So, this movie is for people who are not very bright, or haven't seen any good film in their lives, or are too fanatic with Christianity that are too blind to see. I know the hard work it is shooting a film, but they tried too hard to make a bad movie. The positive reviews on this film are not trustworthy. Be smart and don't lose 2 hours of your precious time watching this cheap crap. Trust me.

You gotta believe. If you don't, it don't matter much, because there are others who do and they will persevere. Something along those lines could be the message of the movie. It doesn't mean that everything will always be good, but you can either be a cynic about it or enjoy this for what it is.Based on a true story this surely takes liberties (no pun intended). I'm pretty sure that other believes may have similar inspirational stories, so depending on your stance and your willingness to dive into the Christianity aspect of it (and all the hurdles thrown into its way of course). If you can and want to, get to watching, otherwise forget about it.

I am a Christian and sometimes I see some movies that don't really tell it. Not only is it Accurate but It told it like it is. I felt really good after watching it. I had never heard this story before. Heard about it from a friend I think. If your not a Christian and don't want to be one you might just have your thinking changed. I dare you to watch it. Like they say in the movie it shows the power of 1, One way. Hope you all will watch it. When God show up miracles happen. I know first hand about them. Two or Three times I should have died but am still alive. I guarantee you won't fell worse after watching this. Excellent directing and Cast and very good cinematography. From what I can tell very close to the true story. Real life characters. Real life Truth.