Great movie but....

Rating: 6/10 (16 August 2005)

I really liked this movie as an entertaining football flick. Billy Bob Thornton did a great job. The kids played their parts well too. I did not like the fact that I sat through that whole movie just to see them loose the supposed "5-A State Championship".
I did some research just to see how long coach Gary Gaines lasted as a coach. Wasn't long. I did find the actual site as well for the Permian Panthers. In 1988 Permian lost in the State Semi-Finals, not State according to the site. It says Dallas Carter beat them 14-9 in the semi-finals. Is this correct? (www.mojoland.net/werock80.htm) That really ruined it for me. I wouldn't have cared but now the true story is the Panthers made it 3/4 of the way and lost. And they made a movie about that? They should have just made the movie about the 89' State Championship team instead.
Oh well. It's only for "entertainment purpose" anyways.
I'd still suggest it, just tell people to ignore the true story thing a bit. There's a big difference between playing for State and just making the State Semi-Finals.