An average movie

I wasn’t sure what to expect from this movie but since it has a solid reputation, I was quite eager to check it out. Eventually, sure, the directing was decent and so is the acting but, honestly, there was nothing really original here. It all depends if you're a sport movie fan or not, especially (American) football. In this case, it was even dealing with high school football which is something even more culturally related. Indeed, for an European like me, it seems rather odd to see a town getting so worked up for a high school sport team. Anyway, the interesting thing with this movie is that they didn’t only focus on the football but they also tried to develop the social aspect around the sport and it was fairly interesting. Still, at the end end of the day, it wasn’t really as deep as the makers wanted us to believe (I mean, it was directed by Peter Berg, the guy who eventually came up with ‘Battleship’ so we shouldn’t ask for too much). Eventually, since this movie was fairly well received, they decided to expand it into a TV show, which I have never seen, and it managed to last 5 seasons. To conclude, even though I thought it was slightly disappointing, it was still a decent watch and it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

6/10