Top critical review
3.0 out of 5 starsSpecial Features are great, but the movie takes to much creative license.
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 23, 2014
I read the book a few years ago. I've always been fascinated with the De La Salle football program. I wanted this movie to be as interesting as the book, but they took way too much creative license with this movie. A few issues some bad ones (I live about 2 miles from the school and I'm very familiar with the area): 1) The main player (and his father) going for the record isn't real, 2) The burger hangout isn't in Concord or any of the nearby cities, 3) They briefly show the real school, but use some school in Louisiana for most of the movie, 4) The Long Beach Poly game was in 2001 (at night) not 2004, and Maurice Jones Drew became a star that game (but isn't mentioned but has a cameo) 5) They show the main football player and his father at a Dick's Sporting goods that opened about a year ago here not 10 years ago it was a movie theater back then. 6) They have the right team that breaks the streak, but they played it in the stadium where the Seahawks play not Bellevue Highschool. 7) They should have shown what happened after the streak better. They started the season 2-3-2 before they went on to win the section final. That would have been more inspirational 8) They didn't lose to local and excellent program Clayton Valley (they tied). With all that I really like the commentary and interviews about Coach Lad. The movie is about a 2 for me and the interviews/insight are a 5. They don't mention the coach retiring. They also won another State Championship last Saturday.
