ridiculous rating

A lot of fun.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

I must say that it is a plot that was used in a "good" way, but the choice of music destroyed the whole movie, for me. A movie with a great message that could have been done better... way better.

If I wanted a sermon, I would go to church. This movie is light on sports, action, race relations, and the Tony Nathan story and heavy on the Jesus. As usual with preachy films, it is 45 minutes too long. And, as with "American Christianity", it has to ram Jesus down your gullet and never lets up and if you don't like the ramming, they scream persecution. Some mysterious goofball gets 5 minutes to preach to the kids and goes on for over an hour, just like the typical evangelical. Most of the kids convert, probably to shut him up. Then Jesus spreads like mold and everyone lives happy ever after. Save yourself 2 excruciating hours and clean your house instead. At least you will have accomplished something.

They really should have warnings on movies like these. I was hoping to watch a film that illustrated our civil rights achievements, but instead I ended up turning it off after it was only half finished... And I've never ever turned a movie off until the end until now.Sorry, but I don't need to be preached to about how some magic man in the sky and his fake son have contributed to everything good in the world... The reality is that MANY terrible atrocities have been committed under the guidance of religion and relatively few people use religion for the greater good.I'm sure this could've been a great film if it were to have been made without the dominating religious theme, but for the director I'm sure that was 100% of the reason they made the film.

The wife and I watched "Woodlawn" last night. We were surprised that we liked it so much. It's a combination of a sports movie, an anti-racism movie, and a pro-Jesus movie. In most cases, I don't much care for any of the three, because I don't like preachy movies and I don't care about sports itself. But this one really worked for me. It's based on true events. I found myself cheering out loud over a lousy touchdown (I never do that)! I found myself caring about the characters. It doesn't go over-the-top on the anti-racism message - so many movies have one or two token white guys who are decent, while the rest are vicious devils, just to make sure we don't miss the point, because after all we're too stupid to get it otherwise. The pro-Jesus message is there because it is necessary to the plot and the furthering thereof, so you don't feel like your church took you to see it in a van just to keep it from tanking at the box office. And the sports element is - well, OK, any football scenes in any movie are basically 'will he get the ball to the end zone or not?' because that's what sports is. It's a darned inspiring movie is what it is.