With a pinch, indomitable

Rating: 8/10 (14 May 2020)

A delightful story of grit & determination against realistic odds, and a family friendly retelling at that. His family thinks that Rudy's dream is unrealistic and try to bring him back to earth. Put down as unfit for task, through boyhood and beyond, Rudy remains determined to become a winner in American football, prepared to take the knocks as he seeks to make it at a prestigious Roman Catholic university stateside. He can challenge and inspire us all: do we take the knocks and carve our name? It reminds me somewhat of another Rudy, viz Rudy-ard Kipling's If