A good movie

I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but, since it was starring Al Pacino and since it was available on HBO Max, I thought I might as well check it out. To be honest, I have to admit that I actually never heard of Joe Paterno before watching this movie and the scandal that ended up his stellar career. In fact, when I read that it was about a sex scandal, I assumed that Paterno was actually the perpetrator but it was obviously not the case after all, as it was another assistant coach who did these horrible things and Paterno was accused at the time of not reporting it properly. Well, even though Paterno was probably one of the best (American) football coaches that ever lived, after watching this movie, you might wonder if the guy was actually any good at anything else though. The biggest issue or even lie maybe was that Paterno constantly argued through his staggering 60 years career that football was not 'so' important, that the whole development of the students in general should be the main focus. However, how can you say something like that when you knew or, at least, heard that one of your colleagues was possibly molesting young children and did so very little about it after all? Eventually, even though they acted as if Paterno was some kind of God, he was actually a rather little man, like the most of us, who didn't dare shake things up just to protect the only things he really cared for after all, his team and its university. It was also pretty neat to see Al Pacino delivering for once a solid performance, especially compared to the garbage he has delivered lately. To be honest, even though the material had some potential, they kept spinning around in a circle for too long and, with a running time of barely of 100 mins, they didn't cover much ground after all. For example, Riley Keough was completely wasted here. Anyway, to conclude, in spite of its flaws, it turned out to be a decent watch though and I think it is worth a look.

7/10