Invincible

Pros: General entertainment value; Soundtrack
Cons: Some holes in plot; Not very creative

Many people dream of making it big in professional sports. They work hard at pursuing their goal; working out every day, practicing with a vengeance, playing sports in high school, etc. Only a few people actually make it to the professional level and ...

Pros: extremely authentic, impressive acting by Wahlberg and Kinnear, uplifting story
Cons: none

Invincible is the true story of Vince Papale, and his journey from being a Philadelphia bartender to a wide-receiver for the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles. In 1976, when the Eagles were struggling to put a decent team on the field, they brought in ...

Pros: Great writing, acting, choreography, period details.
Cons: None.

It seems that Americans always need a hero. In her darkest hours it seems that someone has always emerged to act as an inspiration to others. Heroes are often thought to be Firemen, Policemen or Soldiers. Or more commonly, politicians or public ...

Pros: Very inspiring story of persistence against the odds. Very decent acting and nice cinematography.
Cons: none.

I love movies and I see a lot of them, but many are movies I watch because other people want to see them. Every time a new kids’ movie comes out we take my son and thankfully this year many of the animated movies have been entertaining enough to ...

Pros: Great cast - especially Greg Kinnear, Mark Wahlberg, and Elizabeth Banks; inspiring story!!
Cons: None

Growing up in Philadelphia for the first 21 years of my life, and enjoying playing and watching sports a whole lot during that time, I felt that I might enjoy this story. I really loved it!! During the first three minutes of this film, the "pride" of ...

Pros: Well-paced, effective storytelling about the strength of the human spirit amid adversity
Cons: None

I took my 9-year-old son to watch this film in the theaters. He was not impressed. We bought the DVD recently, too. Still, he does not care to see it. He thinks the film is about football. But he forgets that I don't care much for football, either. So ...

Pros: The cast, living a dream, hope
Cons: None

At one hour and 45 minutes long...I wanted it to keep going. This movie doesn't have a lot of action, special effects or big names. What it does have is even better. This biographical movie of Vince Papale has strong friendships, pride and most of ...

Pros: Clean, sports-focused, solidly acted entertainment
Cons: Not enough game-level sports reenactment

I took my 12 and 9 year old boys to the opening showing of this movie about an unemployed Eagle's fan who makes the team in the 1970's. We are all sports fanatics and I was thrilled to see the rating on this movie was one where I didn't have to practice ...