
Inspired by a true story, WHEN THE GAME STANDS TALL tells the remarkable journey of legendary football coach Bob Ladouceur (Jim Caviezel), who took the De La Salle High School Spartans from obscurity to a 151-game winning streak that shattered all records for any American sport.... (Full plot summary below)
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Inspired by a true story, WHEN THE GAME STANDS TALL tells the remarkable journey of legendary football coach Bob Ladouceur (Jim Caviezel), who took the De La Salle High School Spartans from obscurity to a 151-game winning streak that shattered all records for any American sport.
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| AV ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyFor all the pains the movie takes to explain why someone shouldn’t play football—to win, to be a star, to defeat others — it never bothers to explain why someone should play the game. It’s a collection of well-intentioned absences with no defining presence to speak of. |
| San Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubMore in the tone of the big screen "Friday Night Lights" than "Rudy" or "The Blind Side," it succeeds as mainstream entertainment without relying on a conventional storybook framework. |
| Blu-ray.comBrian OrndorfTune in tomorrow for another episode of As the Football Spirals. |
| New York PostKyle SmithNearly as good as the average episode of TV’s “Friday Nights Lights,” which makes it better than most movies and one of the better sports films of recent years. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekWorkmanlike rather than inspired...well-intentioned but heavy-handed. |
| BeliefnetNell MinowThis dreary assemblage of every possible sports cliché has one thing in common with the game it portrays. Every time it seems to be going somewhere, it stops. |
| National Catholic RegisterSteven D. GreydanusA faith-friendly sports film that's more interested in extolling character than in developing characters. |
| Fresno BeeRick BentleyWhen the film is over, you're not likely to stand up and cheer. |
| Tri-City HeraldGary WolcottInspiring in a bland sort of way and doesn't come close to standing as tall as the title. |
| Movie MezzanineAndrew JohnsonUltimately, though, it's as sappy and superficial as its title-it feels good on the surface, but it doesn't mean much at all. |