Not what I expected it to be.

Rating: 4/10 (7 January 2008)

I'm the furthest thing from a movie snob there is. A plot I've seen a hundred times before can still sway me emotionally. I'll even go a step further than that. I watched a 20 minute Tony Robins seminar just prior to watching this movie. I was primed, in the mood and was ready to be motivated and inspired some more. That's why I picked this one to watch based on the positive reviews here.
Unfortunately, the movie was almost a complete flat-line of emotion all the way through. There was no display of motivational or inspirational growth here at all. This movie was simply a 115 minute display of tolerance for a world that provided no sympathy, followed by 2 minutes of hope and achievement.
I did, however, scramble as quickly as I could to do something cheerful after having watched it. So I suppose it did motivate me, in a way.