Slow ... but OK

Rating: Null/10 (11 June 2007)

I generally liked the movie, but it was fairly slow and listless until the second half. Then it picked up some steam - but not a whole lot.
The movie is loosely based on events dealing with a bartender who answers an open call for tryouts for a professional football team.
This is a somewhat unusual sports story in that a lot of details seem purposely left out - and it sticks out big time. For example, I can't remember seeing any sports movie in which the score of all the games are simply left out. It's just strange.
Also - it's a bit slow and doesn't have the kind of energy / excitement level that usually accompanies such sports stories. In fact, it's pretty lackluster for the first half of the movie - then it starts to get a bit interesting for the viewer.
Still, because it's "inspired" by a real person's life, it was interesting just for see for that reason alone.
If you tend to like sports movies inspired by true events, you'll probably like this movie. Don't expect too much though, the movie could have been made better.