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Wonderful character development!

Sorry, this movie sucks

It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

When I was a kid, I saw this numerous times, but oddly no other Kendrick Brothers movie. No matter, as a child, we saw this as a family countless times. That lagged after my Dad passed away, but I bought it-now that I live with my Grandma, and she enjoyed it to. My nostalgia for this movie may make this review biased. I don't care. This is a great movie for the family! This ranks 3rd for my favorites-after Courageous and Fireproof. Now what else can I say about it? I mentioned in my Courageous review that the Kendrick's are good at humor. It works here too. It's heart and message is great too. Few movies have made me feel good. I am 19 and despite seeing this numerous times it still inspires me-and it came out when I was 8! If need inspiration-this is a movie to check out.

"Facing Giants" is a movie dedicated to a specific audience. An appropriate audience would be Christians or doubting Christians. It would be more suitable for those doubting Christians because a recurring theme that can be seen in the movie is to not lose faith in God no matter what. The main themes observed in the film would be: faith in God, benevolence, patience, and dedication. The story begins introducing Shiloh Christian school. Then, football Coach Grant Taylor (Alex Kendrick) is introduced along with his colleagues. Coach Grant is stressed because his best player left the school, his team is not the best, and the season is about to begin. After Grant's wife is introduced (interpreted by Shannen Fields), both of them are sad because she cannot get pregnant. Up to this point it seems that everything is going terribly wrong for Grant Taylor. Next, the season begins, and it is chaotic. The Shiloh Eagles lost their first three games. Some parents gather together with one of Grant's colleague Brady Owens (Tracy Goode) to talk about his failure and possible dismission. Later on, Coach Taylor learns he is the reason why his wife cannot get pregnant. This is the point in the story when he feels the worst. The school principal talks to him because he can see he is going through a tough situation. After this point, he begins to pray a lot and things begin to change. First, they start winning. Second, students in the school begin confessing and taking faith more seriously. Third, he is given a new truck (because his was not working anymore). Last but not least, his wife learns she is pregnant. However, the Shiloh Eagles lost. Coach Taylor thought everything was coming down after all of his faith and dedication. Then, a miracle happened. The team that had beaten them had gotten disqualified and the Shiloh Eagles moved on to the next round to face the unbeaten Bears. The game was tight, the Eagles needed a miracle to happen. It indeed happened (spoiler alert avoided). At the end of the movie all of the themes could be observed.The actors who interpreted the main characters did an awesome job at it. Next you will find their acting descriptions: Grant Taylor (Alex Kendrick): Alex Kendrick did an amazing job interpreting Coach Taylor. He expressed the correct emotions in every situation his character went through. He correctly expressed sadness and stress when he realized the best player of the school left or when he was told that he could not have a baby. Brooke Taylor (Shannen Fields): Her acting, once again was pleasant. There was not a mistake seen in the film when it came to it. She is a very talented actress. Brady Owens (Tracy Goode): Even though Tracy did not really appear much in the film he sure did a good interpretation of his character. Once again his emotions were suitable for the situations. His acting seemed to fit with the situation.The quality of the images and the film itself was organized, comprehensive, and unique. The flashbacks clearly made the story a lot more interesting and you didn't get lost in the plot. When it came to film the football games it was once again very good. The shots provided clearly showed what was going on. There were very iconic shots as well. For example, when the final winning kick was made. These details show that the movie was directed properly. The music on the background was proper for each of the situations the characters went through. The music was also good because it suited the events that were taking place. For example, the music during the games was dynamic and very exciting. When the characters were facing a difficult situation the music was sad and depressing. However, when the characters became elated the music became very positive and "inspiring". To conclude, I can totally relate to the movie and many people will do to. When I am under extreme pressure and feel that things are not going as I wished they would I begin blaming God for that. Then he helps me, just like he did the many people in the movie. The message, acting, photography, soundtrack and direction were very good. I would not change a thing in the film.

Perhaps it is appropriate to make a movie in 2006 on faith and $100,000 dollars. It is entirely filmed in Georgia. It is filmed on Faith. It is consistant. It is a sports story that really is cliche, especially in this season.A coach is down on his luck and never seems to get a break. After 6 losing years he appears to be packing his bags to leave. Before season 7 even begins, hwe loses his star player to another team. Then he starts the season with 3 losses. His wife can't get a family started. His car is a rust bucket of bolts on wheels. Then something happens, he finds faith. He believes he can turn things around. He gives in and asks for God's help. Here, years before the sports media makes a huge mistake by not realizing what it means, the coach and his entire team take a knee and pray for God to help (this film recognizing that taking a knee is praying, not protesting). Suddenly, things turn around. Things occur that are truly a miracle. The coach gets a new truck. The team starts winning. Belief starts working miracles. Everything starts to change. Faith begins to prevail. The team makes the state playoffs. Then they lose in the first round. It's not over yet.The coaches wife isn't feeling right, and the team gets a reprive that only faith can provide, and rally it into a state championship. Everyone gets a chance to see the Giants lose, again, though here they are undefeated until they lose. The winner is faith. It does get a little preachy. But it brings a warm feeling to the heart. This kind of story always does.That is the reason to watch this, to root for the miracle. If there were justice and faith, always, life would be so much more. This movie proves what life can be, a miracle. It is the light on "The Other Side." https://youtu.be/vlpvWJEW3ss

One of those movies that would have been better if it wasn't as if it were done by a churchgoing skinhead. Almost every minority is in some kind of submissive role whether that's getting brutally tackled, being defeated by a white quarterback(or on the opposing team), being shown in background or in practice drills(none good enough to start), being a nearly all-white cast(1 affirmative action black actor), etc. It seemed blatant! Christianity is about converting whites, blacks, Middle Eastern, Eastern, European, Hispanic, Indians, etc. to Christianity. It's one thing to exclude them, but to go that extra mile to make them submissive is yet another. Also, it's about not doing things that are unnecessarily offensive to weaker individuals(not converts or not on your level yet). I think Paul of the bible said that. Blacks that aren't Uncle Toms or Aunt Theresas will likely be offended by this movie! Isn't a Christian trying to win their soul, too?Movie had a great message, though. God can help you through anything, if you trust him. Nothing's impossible for God! Georgia High school football coach Grant Taylor and his wife suffer greatly early on through losing football, financial difficulty, being fired, and infertility, but face it together as Christians. With urging of a Christian, he becomes more proactive with his Christian faith. His approach starts a movement within the players and the school. As Grant becomes more Christianly proactive, he gets blessing after blessing from God. It seems like everything either gets a good bit better or becomes outstandingly better. So good are these things that he is tearfully happy with almost every one! It seems when he has gotten giddy with one here comes another! Side stories: Coach light-heartedness/drama with coaches, Football player and his rich dad, a Backup kicker and his dad, Losing, the winning and playoffs, infertility, prayer, Christian talk. I don't want to spoil the movie, but it has a good bit of twists and drama.