Good Football Movie. Good Morals

Rating: 10/10 (22 February 2019)

This week I watched the biography-sport-drama Rudy (1993). The logline reads "Rudy has always been told that he was too small to play college football. But he is determined to overcome the odds and fulfill his dream of playing for Notre Dame."The film was highly inspirational and I enjoyed watching Rudy persist. What really set this film apart for me was the level at which Rudy had to persist. He literally had no one on his corner in the beginning and had to earn every ounce of support that he ended up with. I feel like this is an important film to watch purely because of how much Rudy had to persist to achieve his dream. Often times our heroes are shown as having to overcome and obstacle or two and then he or she acheives their goal. This isn't the case for Rudy. He continued to persist when many other should have had good sense to quit.
Overall, the movie was pretty seamless in its production values. Being based on a true story the process of development for this film seemed to be pretty extensive. However, I would like to take a moment to praise the writing team. Rudy liked a girl, but their relationship was not central nor important to the story. Instead the focus of the film was on Rudy's academic career goals and stayed on them without dragging romance into it. That's rare and I was appreciative.The cinematography was also very well done and came off as very subtle and natural. I thought the movie was really well done and I would watch this with a friend.