Touchback
Touchback
PG-13 | 13 April 2011 (USA)
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A former high-school football star loses his shot at a college scholarship due to a devastating gridiron injury, but gets a second chance at living his dream.

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Actuakers

One of my all time favorites.

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Hayden Kane

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

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Allison Davies

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

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Philippa

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

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sherry-jorka

Is your life really so bad? If you could change one decision you made 20 years ago that will affect the direction of the rest of your life but probably away from the people you now cherish, what would you do? This film has some similarities to four films I enjoyed: the James Stewart Christmas classic from 1946 "It's a Wonderful Life;" two films with Nicholas Gage: "When Peggy Sue Got Married" with Kathleen Turner, and "The Family Man" with Tea Leoni; and "13 going on 30" with Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo. I'm sure there are other movies with similar themes about introspection to pivotal moments in one's life and the effects they have ultimately. But if you also enjoyed any 2 of those 4 films then you will enjoy this heart-warming flick about a high school football hero whose life seemed to change on a bad twist of fate. And despite his efforts to make the best of it, fate deals him another bad break before he reaches a point of one last pivotal decision. The story is the critical element here - not the acting, or subplots, or cinematography, or directing, etc. Just enjoy the story.

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Chris C

Not sure if I would've gone out to watch this, but definitely would've rented the DVD, however, no it's on Encore. I think this would've been a more popular movie if more people knew about it and perhaps more money had been put into it. But I really enjoyed this movie, for me it had a lot of meaning. I thought the scenes with his mother were particularly powerful and profound. At the end of the day it's not about the money, the best looking girl or biggest house, it's about being happy with what you have. I also liked the scenes of him going back and trying to correct the things he had done wrong...who wouldn't want to be able to do that?

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de2595

I really enjoyed this movie. I watch it with three other people 21, 25 and 57 year old. The acting was good, music was good, story line was good. I would recommend this movie to any age group. I like that fact the movie brings up a question. The question is, What is important in life? If you had a do over what would guide your decisions? What would you change or not change in your do over? The movie ask, 15 years after high school what would you do if you had a do over in high school? Would you do everything exactly the same? Would you change things this time around do to your experiences? Would you treat people differently? How important is money, wealth, material items? What is really important in life?

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kalesha whitner

Touchback of the Football Nation This was a pretty good movie. If you play sports or football, this would be a perfect movie for any high school sports player. But there were some part of the movie that could have been better, but overall a pretty good movie. It was slow but interesting, I honestly wish there were more suspense in the beginning but in the end, it was a good movie. The main character is Scott Murphy, he live in Ohio. A small town called Coldwater. He went to Coldwater high school; he was a good student and the star football player, he was also injured in a game and it put a strain on his life. It really made his life hard. This movie had a lot of good moments; the football games were really cool and really interesting. I also think that the story is slow but as you actually watch the movie, then it starts to get better but there were some other good parts to the movie. I think after the injury, it was okay but as the movie got to an end, it was good. The effects and the music in the movie were perfect. The setting was also good because it was based out of Coldwater, Ohio. So that was a plus, I also think the plot was a good idea and I think the animation was amazing. Its effects, music and game footage were the best parts.There were A LOT of negative things about this movie as well, it was slow, boring, not interesting and confusing. It was honestly one of the worst high school football movies ever; it was boring and didn't have a lot of footage of the football games. It was like the beginning was confusing at first; it pretty much stayed that way through the whole movie. Also, it was in need of improvements and changes. Like I said, it needed a lot of improvements. It was boring and not interesting. The characters were okay for the movie I guess. I think if they would've had better and more experienced actors, then it could've been a way better film. Scott Murphy was a good actor for his part, I think for his part in the movie, it was easy, so pretty much anyone could've aced that part. I think the audience is for teens in football or involved in sports. It's a good movie for high schoolers. It could've had more famous football players or just experienced football players. Also, could've had longer football footage or more football games. The movie could've been better and it needed a lot of improvements but it was an okay movie. I guess it just wasn't an interesting movie could've had better moments and better actors. I don't recommend this movie to anyone who likes sports movies.

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