If it Wasn't Based on a True Story, It Would Have Totally Sucked

Rating: 5/10 (25 December 2006)

This was an average sports flick, except for the fact that the football was poorly researched (in 1971 calling a timeout after a first down would have been redundant), and that I was distracted every time somebody said "N-C two A," which happened at least twice a scene. This film had too many characters whom you expected to have pivotal parts but never amounted to anything and none of the characters had any depth until it was too late. The camera-work and all around cinematography were cheap and cliché, with many shots not showing anything of significance and some being downright nauseating. While the story moved fine and I stayed interested, I felt nothing because the movie tried to go in too many directions. It's worth seeing if you know nothing of the real-life tragedy, but overall it's not a great movie.