Beautiful! Inspirational!!! "A Real Life Rocky!"

Rating: 10/10 (14 March 2008)

Rudy is the ultimate "feel good" movie that is absolutely awe-inspiring and superbly motivational in its storyline and character development. Sean Astin delivers without question the performance of his career as the real-life Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger who overcame insurmountable odds in size and academics to eventually pursue his dreams of going to the University of Notre Dame and playing football for the "Fighting Irish." I don't think I have ever seen a better youth performance in the history of film! There is no question that Sean plays "Rudy" so well, that it is comparable to Rocky or The Shawshank Redemption, with one element that makes it EVEN BETTER than these movies. The story is true! Sean is heart-stopping amazing in this movie. The ending scene may move you to tears. If it wasn't for Sean's brilliant acting in this film, "Rudy" would have been just another good movie. Sean takes this film and catapults it from very good to cinema masterpiece.
I can not find one flaw in this film, not one. How many times can anyone say that about a film where the lead character is that good? Sean's emotional impact in this film is reminiscent of Al Pachino in The Godfather, or And Justice For All, or Jack Nicholson in The Shining and One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.
"Rudy" will move your heart and inner soul. It's the inspirational experience of a lifetime, maybe several lifetimes.