One of the better sports movies

Rating: 7/10 (28 September 2006)

Being a life-long Eagles fan, I felt it almost a duty to go and see Invincible and see if it lived up to the good reviews it received. I remember Vince Papale playing for the Eagles in the mid 70's and remember him being a virtual crash dummy when it came to special teams. The movie did him justice. Beside some of the liberties that directors take in the name of artistic license, (Papale was actually from Delaware County, not South Philly) which only locals would know about, it was one of the better sports movies I've seen and I've seen most. It also shows parts of the South Philly that most people outside of Philadelphia don't see. I know that's what some of South Philly really looks like. Small, cramped row houses in tightly knit neighborhoods. Mark Wahlberg, Elizabeth Banks and Greg Kinnear give outstanding performances. Without them, the movie would never (pardon the pun) fly like an Eagle.