More than just a movie about sports

Rating: 10/10 (18 February 2005)

This movie is so good on so many levels. The acting is superb by both Denzel Washington (as Coach Herman Boone) and Will Patton (as Coach Bill Yoast). The movie focuses around the football team of a recently integrated high school in racist Virginia of the 70's. The team battles the heavy racism of the town and overcomes with a spirit that brings the entire town together.
The film features more than just the story of a team winning it all with some sort of magical happening as many other sports movies are. This film shows a group of teenagers who can overcome the racism that lives relentlessly in their lives and go on to turn it around and bring the entire town together. The differences between all of the boys on the team are set aside as they instead come together in a way that allows for them to go all the way and win in the face of racism.
I highly recommend everyone to see this movie, not because it is just a good movie about football, but because it is a good movie about settling your differences with others. The movie reminded me much of the story of the US hockey team (which was recently made into a film too, also by Disney entitled Miracle). It is a timeless movie that I can still watch and enjoy.