You won't be disappointed!

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

This is based upon a true storyThe story will open with the death of Brandon Burlsworth although we won't see any of the accident he was in. We see the beginnings of funeral arrangements for him and why his brother Marty (Neal McDonough ) cannot understand why this happened. Brandon Burlsworth (Christopher Severio) had always wanted to be a Arkansas Razorback football player and he had to try harder than most to achieve it even when it was always in doubt, mostly because of his weight. High School Coach Bender (Fredric Lehne) called him a "diamond in the rough" and hoped someone would notice. His brother Marty was 17-yrs older than Brandon and many thought he was Brandon's father. Marty wanted the best for Brandon but really didn't believe Brandon would achieve his dreams. This really isn't a football story It's a story about determination, faith and trust. Christian undertones dominate this film, but is not preachy. We see a little football, of course, but we mostly see the struggles Brandon went thru at different stages to achieve his dreams and never gave up and always tried to do better. We will see Brandon take a lot of abuse from just about everyone especially from the players he hoped to play with. Some of this will tear at your heart. Oh, and have box of Kleenex handy.It was nice to see Neal McDonough finally in a good guy role. He is a great, perhaps underrated, actor even though he plays the bad guys a lot. He always gives a very good performance and he did in here. Notables: Nick Searcy as The Farmer who tries to shake Marty's faith and it is fragile at best; Michael Parks as Leo, Brandon and Marty's alcoholic father; Leslie Easterbrook as Brandon and Marthy's adoring mother; and Mark Dobies as Coach Nutt, the coach in Brandon's senior year and he convinces the new coach not to go into a rebuild program and not to give up on this team as things will change.At the end there will be statements about how Brandon Burlsworth's life impacts many today. This is a very uplifting and impressive story about a young very impressive young man. Christopher Severio has done an excellent job portraying Brandon Burlsworth. Kudos. (9/10)Violence: Yes. Football scenes. Sex: No. Nudity: No. Humor: Yes, at times. Language: No Rating: A

As a Christian, nothing I hare more than dishonest piety. They turned a great story about a great person that was Christian and made it an American sermon about God using a football player like he was a donkey. If you want to preach to non-believers, show them that Christians are just ordinary people with an extraordinary gift of Faith. This movie is so predictable. Written for a 3rd grader. Acted poorly...beyond poor. This movie is preaching to the choir which is not what Jesus did. This is not a movie that Jesus would do. This is what the Pharisees would do. Cultural Christianity without any merit. I want this story retold by a great director with great actors and writers that have done more than children's books. The Croods is an example of a Christian message about Faith, Hope and Love that reached 1000 times more people around the world than Greater will ever imagine. Incompetence movie making is not an effective Evangelical tool. The 10/10 reviews is a clear campaign to promote religious dogma which is not WWJD. BTW...shame on Hollywood for ignoring a great story that puts Rudy to shame.

I really wasn't expecting much, since football is a theme that's been used over and over in Hollywood. And it's always heartwarming story, about effort, trust, teamwork, hard work and so on. I supposed this one wasn't going to be much different, and lowered my expectations. It turned out to be all of the above, but wrapped in huge religious propaganda. Whole movie is based on faith, music is religious, quotes are religious, literally everything is related to religion, even though the movie is supposed to be about football and hard work. If you don't mind religious brainwashing every few minutes, then this movie is quite OK. Yes, some actors didn't pull their weight, and there is no suspense whatsoever in this movie, it's quite predictable, but it could be an OK movie. Yet I barely managed to watch it to the very end because of all of those religious quirks, I felt I just watched Iehova's witness training program.

A fat kid with the "can do" attitude and a bible shoots for the stars. Spoiler Alert: if playing football for Arkansas is your dream then god help you (crappy word play intended).The same middle America folks who mocked Obama's "Yes we can" slogan because that might lead to people getting health care now want us to believe that any random fat slob can be a football hero. Why not? A completely ridiculous ambition but to each his own. And then it's just another case of auto-erotica asphyxiation. That must have been a really strong belt because the dude was huge. Or am I thinking of another movie?I wish they would make a movie about all of the children who are basically crippled from football injuries.This pretty much stunk up the place with its corny Christian/Anthony Robbins message of "you can do anything you put your mind to." With only a Can Do attitude and a huge gut you, too, can make it to the upper limits of this hyper-violent game of football.This makes me really hate sports movies as a genre.