A great film from Berg

Rating: 8/10 (10 November 2006)

Peter Berg's emotional yet solid film about a depressed town and their heroic football team. THis is one of the best Billy Bob THornton performances i have seen, i mean its up there with A Simple Plan, Sling Blade and Bad Santa. Although it sometimes is formulaic, i liked the atmosphere, it had a real classic feel to it. I liked this film even more than the likes of Coach Carter or Glory Road because in my opinion it was more realistic, where those films concentrated a lot on the coaches characters (Samuel L. Jackson and Josh Lucas respectively) but this film was more real and less character driven. It gave the audience a feel for the whole school and town's atmosphere because of the events, not just a character or two. I liked Bergs film and would watch it again soon. --- IMDb Rating: 7.2, my rating: 9/10