great football movie

Rating: Null/10 (27 August 2006)

I enjoyed this film, and was greatly impressed with the performances of Mark Wahlberg and Greg Kinnear. I am glad that I did no homework on the true story of Vince Papale before viewing the film, since the filmmakers played it loose and cagey with the true football resume of the man, and just how it was that he became a Philadelphia Eagle.
The action was top-notch, and Mark Wahlberg deserves kudos for both his athleticism and for the amount of punishment he must have taken during the filming of this movie. (He apparently used no stunt-double, and he took a LOT of hits from some really big, real-life football players.) The guy is a stud in my book.