An inspiring true story & a fantastic film

Rating: 8/10 (19 December 2006)

The best sports film are based on true events. This movie ranks at the top of sports films and it surpasses more recent sports flicks such as Friday Night Lights. In my opinion it ranks closer to: Hoosiers, The Natural, & Raging Bull. The story itself is the quintessential underdog story. One of the most intriguing aspects of film is how the directing and story are united to intricately describe one man's presence and how he represents a city and how he unknowingly inspires the team to perform. Whether or not this is completely accurate based on the true events, I don't know; but it was fantastically directed and presented. Wahlberg did a fantastic job. He is a breath of fresh air today's class of younger male actors that tend to be all looks and no substance. Actually, the casting all together was great; Kinner was superb was well as the rest of the cast. I'll be buying this movie on DVD and that's not something I do a lot.