They cut the soul of the book and made it into a great movie

Rating: 10/10 (11 October 2004)

They could have gone a dozen different directions with making a movie on the book, but I think they chose the best. They cut out the racism. The n word was only used once in the movie. There were a couple of other enhancements, but I don't want to go into much detail without ruining the story for anyone. If you have seen the movie and don't have time to read the book, then I encourage you to go to SportsGuy.net to see where they analyze what's in the book vs. what's in the movie. There's good stuff there. I love the portrayel of Coach Gaines, QB Mike Winchell, and Boobie Miles. There's really not anything I do not like about the movie. Even the party scene with the booze and women was just enough for you to get what was going on with those kids and it was not so bad that I didn't mind letting my 13 year old see it. Oh... and they nailed dead-on the intimidation factor of Dallas Carter and their fans.