Good but not Great

Rating: Null/10 (8 October 2004)

There were several tear jerking moments in this movie. Derek Luke is a fine up and coming actor and his performance moved me to tears. The country singer also did a fine job. The actual football scenes were very realistic.
This movie is not on par with Any giving Sunday and there is no Al Pacino speech given by Billy Bob Thorton. The character development for the individual players could have been better. Billy Bob is an underrated actor and his individual scenes with Lucas Black were memorable. The halftime speech by the player who was a mute most of the movie was the highlight of the film for me. As a regular movie, I would rate it a 6, but for a sports movie, I give it a solid 8.