Winner of the ESPY Award for Best Sports Film, I watched this movie to finish the list of ESPY Winners. Ironic that the other ESPY winner I just watched was also starring Dennis Quaid. This sports film is about the first African American Heisman Trophy winner, a football player from Syracuse University named Ernie Davis. Rob Brown plays Davis, and Quaid plays the Syracuse Football Coach. You might be familiar with Brown from Finding Forrester, Coach Carter, and Stop-Loss, all above average films.The film as you would expect deals with racism in terms of fans, students, and fellow players. I didn't feel like they made this the focal point, sure the whole film was about breaking racial boundaries, but Davis was not the first Black running back for Syracuse. Instead the film focuses on how he handles the racial situations, the steps of recruiting the coach goes through, and a good balance of football.
The movie just had a really good flow. It kept me interested, I didn't check the time to see how much I had left more than once or twice [something I tend to do frequently], and the acting was really good. The football scenes were well rehearsed and filmed and the game play didn't seem fake (probably why it won the ESPY).
Enjoyable sports movie.
Vote: 9/10
IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0469903/
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