Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

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

Review: I couldn't really get into this film because I'm not a big American Football fan and I haven't heard of this team before. I was hoping that there was going to be some interesting individuals which I would find entertaining but it was totally about the game and how the team pulled together and became the best. Personally, I found the film quite corny and more like a HBO special than a cinematic movie. The performances were average and none of the team members really stuck out from the rest. As it's based on a true story, the achievements that the team made were very inspiring but for entertainment, we have all seen this very American type of movie before. There is obviously an audience for this type of movie, judging by the profit that it made at the box office but I personally lost interest after a while. Average!Round-Up: The only reason why I gave this movie a chance was because of movies like Any Given Sunday, The Blind Side and the Gridiron Gang, which I really enjoyed. You don't really need to be a American Football fan to enjoy those movies but you do with this film. There are a couple of scenes which deal with the individual players but they don't last that long. Jim Caviezel didn't really show that much emotion through the film and he seemed to have the same expression on his face most of the time but maybe that is down to the director who was trying keep the character as close to the real Bob Ladouceur as possible. Anyway, this movie wasn't really for me but I'm sure that the Spartan and American Football fans will love it.Budget: $15million Worldwide Gross: $30millionI recommend this movie to people who are into their true sports biopics about the Spartan American Football team and there record breaking achievements. 3/10

"People always ask me what it's like to never lose. Today I am lost."A 151 game winning streak is not something you see everyday, so when they decided to make a film about the De La Salle High School football team who managed to remain undefeated for 12 years I was sold. A lot of credit has to be given to Coach Bob Ladouceur for his accomplishments because he didn't stay undefeated with the same group of players. The streak went on for over a decade so he had to continue winning with different players and that goes on to prove what a talented guy he is. This is a fantastic story for every sport fan out there, but unfortunately the movie is full of clichés and doesn't offer anything new to the sports genre. It tries too hard to be inspirational and it includes several fictional characters that were completely unnecessary. This is such an inspiring tale in real life, that there was actually no need to make it more inspirational than what it already was. The relationship between one of the running backs and his father (Alexander Ludwig and Clancy Brown) was placed here exclusively to give it a more melodramatic arch, but it is laughable. Brown plays the over demanding father who wants his kid to break the national record for most touchdowns. The scenes are placed here exclusively in contrast to the coach's philosophy which has to do more with being a team of brothers who are there for each other. There is no I in team. We've seen these clichés in sport films many times in the past, but here the dialogue is even more cheesy and forced. I did find some of the melodramatic moments quite touching, like an eulogy the coach gives midway through the film, but most of the sports scenes felt disconnected with the dramatic ones. The film left me with a sense of wanting to learn more about this real life story, but When the Game Stands Tall doesn't do a good job of telling it. There are some great sport scenes that kept me engaged for a while, but the film fails in the dramatic department forcing inspirational moments and feeling too preachy. It is a manipulative and by the books uplifting feel good tale.The film at times felt disconnected. You are introduced to this fabulous coach (Jim Caviezel) who is always inspiring his players, but at the same time his situation at home doesn't seem to be going too well. His wife is played by Laura Dern and I felt like these family moments didn't work at all in this film because they only touched the surface of their problems. The relationship with his son (Matthew Daddario) wasn't explored either and everything was sort of left in the limbo when the second half of the film focuses exclusively on the football games and practices. The actors are fine, but the script is weak and ultimately their characters suffer from not having any depth. There is also a subplot involving some of the seniors who are heading to college that's also kind of ignored after the passing of one of the players. It is a key moment in the film, but it simply felt disconnected with everything else.

This movie isn't so much about sports as it is about life and the lessons learned in it. I.e., when you fall, you get back up and how. I always like a good inspirational true story like that. The story involves a high school football team whose record 151-game winning streak comes to an end and the the resulting fallout. The coach deals with some issues (health, family, etc.), and tragedy befalls the team. A player has to deal with the fact the fact that his father wants him to break the state touchdown record more than he does. However, the coach is a true inspiration to everyone (as is the assistant coach), and everyone (the team and the family) bands together in this remarkable film that I recommend to everyone. Jim Caviezel is remarkable in the lead.*** out of ****