When the Game Stands Tall poster

When the Game Stands Tall

2014-08-22
2014-12-09
6.671 (IMDB)
Drama
en
Released
Languages:
  • English

Description:

A young coach turns a losing high school football program around to go undefeated for 12 consecutive seasons.

Reviews:

Reno (6/10)

Taste the defeat, and once again inspire to rise back to the glory.

Inspired by the real story of a high school American-football coach and his team's participation in the 2004 season. The fall and rise of one of the most consistent team, especially after holding a record for the longest winning streak, what happens when it was broken unexpectedly? Do the players lose the confidence, coach be clueless, parents go crazy and media annoys them, is what neatly this film narrated. It looked nice to me and I had a good time, but it was too long and not inspiring as the other sports film based on the true events.

From the director of 'Coach Carter', another decent sports film. I am not disappointed because I was not expecting to be a masterpiece, though not bad for once viewing. All the actors were good, especially it is Jim Caviezel's one of the major roles and he was amazing. American-football was always been an Americas sport, so I never interested in it except watching films based on them for inspiration. Especially after 'Conccusion', my interest on them dropped further.

Whatever I said is not a reason to skip the film. As a film, it did the right thing to portray the real life achievers on the screen to boost the young sports persons. Only to me it was just an above average, but for many others, it is one of the best sports film of the year. Forget the American-football, what I liked was, achievements are good for our progress and make a career, but sometimes there's much more than making records in the games. So it's a good moral lesson film than a fine entertaining film. I won't recommend it, but definitely not a waste of time.

6.5/10

2016-08-04

Where to Watch:

Rent

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
YouTube
Fandango At Home

Buy

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
YouTube
Fandango At Home

Similar Movies:

Metropolis

Metropolis 8.1

Drama, Science Fiction

1927-02-06

Million Dollar Baby

Million Dollar Baby 7.956

Drama

2004-12-05

Blade Runner

Blade Runner 7.941

Science Fiction, Drama

1982-06-25

Ben-Hur

Ben-Hur 7.889

History, Drama

1959-11-18

Anatomy of a Murder

Anatomy of a Murder 7.856

Crime, Drama

1959-07-01

All Quiet on the Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front 7.752

Drama, War

1930-04-29

Manhattan

Manhattan 7.722

Comedy, Drama

1979-04-25

The Bridges of Madison County

The Bridges of Madison County 7.717

Drama, Romance

1995-06-02

Annie Hall

Annie Hall 7.7

Comedy, Drama

1977-04-19

Contact

Contact 7.435

Drama, Science Fiction

1997-07-11

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 7.432

Adventure, Drama

2000-07-06

Match Point

Match Point 7.359

Drama, Thriller

2005-10-26

Finding Forrester

Finding Forrester 7.117

Drama, History

2000-12-21

Silent Barricade

Silent Barricade 7

War, Drama

1949-05-06

M*A*S*H

M*A*S*H 7

Comedy, Drama

1970-02-18

The Tin Drum

The Tin Drum 6.9

Drama, History

1979-05-02

The Elementary Particles

The Elementary Particles 6.2

Drama, Romance

2006-02-10

O ševci Matoušovi

O ševci Matoušovi 5

Drama, History

1948-03-26

The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan

The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan 4

Drama, Music

1953-02-14

Somehow, Crystal

Somehow, Crystal 0

Drama

1981-05-23