Like a cup of tea with 20 sugars...YUK!!!!

Rating: 3/10 (24 September 2007)

When I decided to watch this movie I guessed what it would be like and it didn't let me down.A totally over sentimental load of tripe.
Firstly,I am from the UK and I don't like American Football at all.It's like looking at an olive to me.It looks promising but when you have a taste of it you realise that it's pretty awful. The fact that it was based around American Football didn't put me off .If a film is good it doesn't matter what the subject matter is.What really put me off was the way almost every scene ended up with tears welling up in eyes and then the emotional music crept in.I cannot abide movies like this which fully intend to make you cry all the time and this movie was one of the very worst of it's type.
It was a truly awful experience sitting through this mush and I am amazed at some of the very positive reviews this film has had.It was tedious,tried way too hard to tug at the heartstrings and was incredibly predictable.You could almost guess every scene in the movie.Oh yes,Matthew McConaughey was really annoying in this and quite what that fine actor Ian McShane was doing in this drivel is beyond me.No wonder he looked bored stiff.
I know that it is based on a true story and what happened was a tragedy on a large scale.This saccharine attempt to tell this deeply moving story failed massively because of it's attempts to grab hold of the viewers emotions in a not very subtle way.The worst film I have seen since 'Hostel' and that's saying something.I only gave this three stars because it started promisingly.Boy did it go downhill rapidly.