Not bad, but relies upon forced emotion

Rating: 5/10 (2 November 2000)

Not a terrible film by any respect, but still seems rather false in it's emotion. It almost forces the audiences to feel good, but the "football-as-a-metaphor-for-life" theme seems to get rather old quickly. The message about racial equality is welcome, but seems very done before. Also, the girl that plays Will Patton's daughter is the most annoying young actress since the Pepsi spokesgirl.