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The tropes of both football and evangelical movies are gracelessly on parade in this banal, insipid drama.
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By preaching to the converted so heavy-handedly, the filmmakers fumble an opportunity to reach beyond their target demo of devout churchgoers. Oct 2, 2006
By preaching to the converted so heavy-handedly, the filmmakers fumble an opportunity to reach beyond their target demo of devout churchgoers.
Joe Leydon
Facing the Giants feels like an overly earnest church sketch of the type many evangelical congregations use as a teaching tool on Sunday between the worship music and pastor's message. Sep 30, 2006 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Facing the Giants feels like an overly earnest church sketch of the type many evangelical congregations use as a teaching tool on Sunday between the worship music and pastor's message.
William Lobdell
Those looking for an evening's diversion will find it an amateur exercise that has the feel of a film-school project. Sep 29, 2006 | Rating: 1/4 | Full Review…
Those looking for an evening's diversion will find it an amateur exercise that has the feel of a film-school project.
Ted Fry
The wholesomeness of the message and the movie's cast make it feel 1950s retro. Sep 29, 2006 | Rating: 2/5
The wholesomeness of the message and the movie's cast make it feel 1950s retro.
Roger Moore
I'm not about to argue with the message, but the delivery system sinks below the level of after-school special, and the acting matches. Sep 29, 2006 | Rating: D+
I'm not about to argue with the message, but the delivery system sinks below the level of after-school special, and the acting matches.
Robert Denerstein
The religious proselytizing in this football movie is about as subtle as a blindside hit by a 300-pound defensive end. Sep 28, 2006 | Rating: 2/4
The religious proselytizing in this football movie is about as subtle as a blindside hit by a 300-pound defensive end.
Jeff Strickler
Faith-based pigskin tale. Dec 18, 2010 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Faith-based pigskin tale.
Heather Boerner
Kendrick needs to learn that didacticism isn't a film aesthetic. Sep 26, 2009 | Rating: 6/10 | Full Review…
Kendrick needs to learn that didacticism isn't a film aesthetic.
James Plath
The separation of church and cinema amounts to a long yard at most in this high school football sermon from Georgia-based Baptist pastor Alex Kendrick. Aug 27, 2009 | Full Review…
The separation of church and cinema amounts to a long yard at most in this high school football sermon from Georgia-based Baptist pastor Alex Kendrick.
Rob Nelson
Earnest but amateurish. Jan 30, 2007 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Earnest but amateurish.
Phil Hall
In a season in which Invincible and Gridiron Gang already have laid claim to the title of inspirational football movie, this looks like an also-ran. Dec 15, 2006 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
In a season in which Invincible and Gridiron Gang already have laid claim to the title of inspirational football movie, this looks like an also-ran.
Jeff Vice
Its feel-good storyline, shopworn message, and bottomless sermonizing would have played better in Sunday school than on the big screen, which is -- let's face it -- Babylon's turf. Nov 25, 2006 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…
Its feel-good storyline, shopworn message, and bottomless sermonizing would have played better in Sunday school than on the big screen, which is -- let's face it -- Babylon's turf.
Josh Rosenblatt
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