Very good surprise...

Rating: Null/10 (6 November 2004)

I'm a European who lives in the US, I've lived here for only 4 years, and so I tend to have little idea about what's going on when I watch football, but this movie never bored me for a single second. The acting is top notch for pretty much everybody (I was especially impressed with Tim McGraw, and of course Billy Bob Thornton, along with Derek Luke and Lucas Black) and it did a good job conveying the concepts of the movie. The story is much better then most other sports movies I've seen (Varsity Blues and Any given Sundays comes to mind here) because it followed an interesting path, despite being somewhat predictable, and it shows a much more realistic picture of what really goes on with these 17 years old athletes giving their best. Great motivational movie, and the footballs scenes are impressive and very nice to watch. Overall, I would give it an 8.3 out of 10, which is very good for a sprots movie in my book...