Was skeptical about this movie but was pleasantly surprised.

Rating: 8/10 (22 August 2014)

Wow this movie is unlike anything I expected. When I saw the trailer and read the plot I figured that it would be another one of those boring old sports movies that the world has too many of. The movie had great character development, and plenty of emotional moments. Jonah Hill and Brad Pitt put forward fantastic performances. The directing and editing also were great. The movie was very entertaining and kept me rooted to my seat. I think that it had a familiar vibe to the film hoosiers, and a somewhat similar storyline so I guess that this kind of movie has been done before. But it still felt like a totally different film despite the similarities. Jonah hill had a particullarly great performance before watching this film I had him pegged as the comedy-type actor, but upon seeing this movie my opinion has completely changed I now see that he could probably do any genre.
Overall a good movie somewhat predictable but still a standout you should definitely go see.