Just average

Rating: 5/10 (27 August 2006)

I'm a big Eagles fan, and I've always liked Mark Wahlberg's work, but I got to be honest here, I didn't find this movie that riveting or entertaining. I didn't expect it to be a perfect 10, but I had hoped for it to be an 8 or better on a scale of 1-10. I thought the movie missed the boat on a lot of key elements of Vince Papale's relationship with coach Vermeil, his relationships between other teammates and his old friends pulling for him. It seemed like everything was forced in this movie, not natural. Even the gridiron scenes were quite a bit over the top - Hollywood style. This movie was missing something, I think an authenticity of any kind, meaning it seemed detached and not in depth enough into the mind of Papale.