Inspirational and hard hitting true story.

Rating: 7/10 (19 December 2006)

A feel-good movie if there ever was one. The true story of Vince Papale(Mark Wahlberg), a down and almost out 30-something, getting the chance to live a dream. Papale's wife just left; he lost his substitute teaching job and was hanging on as a part-time bartender. Like most guys growing up in south Philly; you live and die with the hometown Philadelphia Eagles. The Eagles glory days have slipped away and a new coach, Dick Vermeil(Greg Kinnear), has something to prove. And to shake things up he calls for an open tryout to make the team. Papale, who never played college ball, not only makes the cut...he would go on to play for the Philadelphia Eagles for three years. The scrappy underdog helped the team rally the hometown and restore its pride in its NFL team.
I'm really becoming a Wahlberg fan; and this has to be Kinnear's best role ever. The cast also features: Elizabeth Banks, Michael Rispoli, Michael Mulheren, Jack Kehler and Michael Nouri.