Like the Big Short the movie will anger you the more you watch. It's possible to still love football & agree that it's dangerous

Rating: 8/10 (28 March 2016)

"Why does an apparently healthy, favorite son of this city become self mutilating and homeless at 50? Cardiac arrest may be how he died, but not why." Dr. Bennet Omalu (Smith) is a pathologist in Pittsburgh. When an NFL hall of famer shows up dead Omalu notices something strange about the way he died. After asking for samples of his brain Omalu discovers something he named CTE. When he goes to the NFL with this information they not only ignore him, but try and discredit him. When more and more bodies pile up he becomes hard to ignore. Anyone that watched football, and even most that don't have heard about this growing concern. Most also know that the NFL is trying to downplay the issue, but I didn't realize to what extent they were until this movie. All politics aside, I really enjoyed this movie. The acting was good, although I can see why Will Smith wasn't nominated, the real snub is Albert Brooks in this. He was great. Much like Moneyball or Draft Day this is a type of sports genre movie that isn't 100% about sports. Also much like the Big Short the movie will anger you the more you watch. It is possible to still love football and agree that it's dangerous and something needs to be done. That seems to be what the NFL is not understanding. Overall, a very good movie that was better than I expected and I recommend. I give this an A-.