If Rudy, glory and Disney had a baby........

Rating: 6/10 (18 December 2013)

I just now have got to see this movie after hearing all these good things about it, even getting a recommendation from my history professor!
I think it's a great films for kids but for me I thought it was a little too corny and unrealistic...
yea, i know, i know, Hollywood has to cram a lot of characters, story lines and history into a short film...but, I felt as though there was something missing...I didn't feel joyous when the movie intended you to, I felt as though it was forced..I cringed when I'm supposed to be crying, it felt too cheesy...I did a little research after the movie to find out about the real story and of course a lot was fabricated and overly dramatized....but it's Hollywood! But when you do a movie well that flubs history or events, people believe the movie version rather than actual facts (apocalypto, Elisabeth, 300, and memoirs of a geisha), that's not the case here!
I do think Denzel and the other main coach did a good job but that's all I took from the film..
BTW, a young Ryan gosling is in this! I would rather watch it for that reason then the rest of the movie!
It's worth watching once...