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One of the best films i have seen

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

I must say that it is a plot that was used in a "good" way, but the choice of music destroyed the whole movie, for me. A movie with a great message that could have been done better... way better.

A movie based on an true story. A combination of sport and faith in a time of racism around 1972. What an amazing movie! I did not expect that. How the faith in Jesus Christ can bring people together. Competitiors or not. Goosebumps a lot of times during the movie! The sentence in the movie: "Do you believe in miracles?" explains everything! Worth seeing!

They really should have warnings on movies like these. I was hoping to watch a film that illustrated our civil rights achievements, but instead I ended up turning it off after it was only half finished... And I've never ever turned a movie off until the end until now.Sorry, but I don't need to be preached to about how some magic man in the sky and his fake son have contributed to everything good in the world... The reality is that MANY terrible atrocities have been committed under the guidance of religion and relatively few people use religion for the greater good.I'm sure this could've been a great film if it were to have been made without the dominating religious theme, but for the director I'm sure that was 100% of the reason they made the film.

As a Christian movie Woodlawn is getting quite a bit more play than in the normal circuits where these films run, not unlike God's Not Dead from last year. First and foremost it's a story about football and in Alabama the folks down there do love their school football. They also love their fundamentalist religion so when coach Tandy Geralds played by Nic Bishop decides that religion might be a unifying force for his team it's a fertile field he's plowing. Woodlawn High School in Birmingham is recently integrated via the courts and racial tensions run high. After all this is a city that a decade earlier was ground zero in the civil rights era. No way in a million light years could Bishop get away with bringing in a team evangelist in New York City for instance. But Sean Astin preaches a whale of sermon and the team commits to Jesus. Pretty soon the coach does as well and they start winning.A lot of that is also due to having an amazing running back Tony Nathan played here by unknown Christopher Castille. Years ago I remember Casey Stengel saying he'd tolerate a lot of rowdy behavior if he had a centerfielder who could hit like Mickey Mantle. The good behavior religious based or not is a bonus.I just watched a DVD of Woodlawn with an extra bonus featuring some of the real people of the story. They said that out of 43 players all but three committed themselves to Christianity in that scene with Sean Astin giving an altar call. I'd dearly love to know the story of those three and the enormous social pressure they must have been under.Will anyone make that film?