It is a performances centric movie

Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

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

If you love sports and the real deal going on behind universitary football, it is a must.

Although I routinely read the user reviews for shows and movies, I have never written one. After reading some of the reviews of this sports documentary I felt compelled to make a comment. :Last Chance U" provides great insight to how life is at Community College and the athletes in the sports programs. As a life long football love the series didn't catch my interest right away and I really regret that fact, because its an awesome show. The student athlete stories are told with great detail and the directors add just the right amount of game action for balance. My concern with the comments about the players seem stereotypical. Seems some people really do not understand these players circumstances even after watching the show. A lazy student is not the same as one that is ill equipped as a product of a poor educational system. Some have no idea how to study and have not ever learned study skills. Many students simply are not prepared for college after graduating from high school. Brittany Waggoner makes the same assessment after leaving the show that this problem is prevalent and not confined to Mississippi. I also noticed that she didnt understand why some of the players would basically give up and leave. The feeling of being overwhelmed and behind with trying to catch up is stressful. Many students leave college but their experiences are based on harsh realities that must be dealt with in a caring manner. She does come across and genuinely caring for the students but fails to identify what life is really like for them. I love the show and look forward to watching more seasons !!

This is an excellent documentary that truly captures what it is to be a part of a football team in the South. Larger than life personalities mingle and clash unfiltered within the setting of the most "Southern" of the southern states, Mississippi, where no two things matter more than Jesus and Football. What makes the South different than most places is that it unabashedly wears its soul on the outside for all to see. It is an impossible Gumbo of compassion, hope, joy, camaraderie and love mixed in with hypocrisy, bombastic narcissism, misplaced priorities, mistrust and deep social issues. At first glance it appears incredibly dysfunctional, but in the end it somehow makes sense. I feel that this documentary captures the reality of the South and of Mississippi.This documentary also exposes the universal issue of institutions of learning bending to the needs of their Athletic Programs. So often the tail is wagging the dog. Even so it complicates the issue by firmly highlighting that for many Athletics provides the only viable opportunity to escape a life of poverty and violence.There are people like Brittany Wagner (in the documentary), who devote their lives to forging opportunities for others, and their contributions too often go unnoticed. We live in a screwed up world, it is refreshing to see people like her who refuse to give up on the lives of others.

The director made sure there was never too long without some game action, or at least some conflict. That was key to keeping our attention. This film of course did not reflect well on football players in general. They come across as lazy, self-absorbed, irresponsible, and feeling entitled. Football is not supposed to simply produce or nurture great athletes. It is supposed to build solid men. The counselor woman had a tough choice. Because the guys were already getting the tough cop routine from their coaches. So she probably didn't want to be too tough on them. She either chose the mom/buddy approach, or it just came naturally, or perhaps we didn't see the tougher side of her off camera. At times I felt frustrated that she wasn't tougher on the players. One thing this show made me realize, is that pro football should have a minor league. Why should guys who have no interest in school, be forced to attend, just so they can continue playing? It's absurd. Just create a minor league, like baseball has.A person could have a career in the minor league, or play in the Arena League, or Canada, etc. There are plenty of options. Why do you need college?Needless to say, this piece of work does not reflect well on African Americans, rednecks, or the South. The coach is a beast, the players seem almost lobotomized, and the culture looks bland and hopeless. The physical geography looked very inviting however.Lesson to be learned: You can't just swear, fight, lie, and screw, and then say an "Our Father," and wash it all away. You have to try not to do those things in the first place.But what made the whole thing worth it, and what I never came close to predicting, was how a bizarre chain of events redeemed and jettisoned the career of one player, who seemed to be almost out of the picture.