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A very good movie

Posted : 8 years, 10 months ago on 17 May 2015 05:48

I don't know about you but I have seen this already 100 times before. Indeed, you get a fallen genius who has to coach a band of misfits and, against all odds, towards the end, they still manage to win a big tournament of baseball/basketball/football/ballroom/whatever. So, they definitely used a very old formula and, yet, I was really touched by this picture. Indeed, they started with this old gimmick but then they added a layer, then another layer and then another one and, as a result, you didn't see the formula anymore but only a really emotional tale with some really compelling characters. It also reminded me of 'Silver Linings Playbook' except that they had removed all the glamor and made it really dark and gloomy. Anyway, I really liked the fact for example that the older brother was not just some one-dimensional villain and they gave us the opportunity to understand the motivations behind his actions. And, of course, Cliff Curtis, for once playing the lead, was really impressive and it was really nice to have a main character who didn't look like a top model but like a regular guy. To conclude, it might be a really obscure flick but I thought it was a really intense drama and it is definitely worth a look.


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