Underdogs

Incredibly flat movie that had a promising cast and a nice story.

The movie just lacks any punch as everything is predictable and just kind of fumbles along. And, while the lead actor was OK, he was physically too small and underweight to portray any standard high school QB - not believable at all.

There's too many classic football movies to re-watch vs watching this one.

This was a good idea on paper. The terrible acting completely sabotaged this film.

When the movie started I had high hopes. Underdog sports movies kick ass. I was hoping for an Invincible/The Little Giants/The Blind Side feel good movie. What I was left with was a disappointment I haven't felt since the student film I did in college. Only that had better acting. I stopped paying attention at some point.

What a bummer.

On a side note, the two stars are for Natalie Imbruglia. Solid talent there.

I love sports movies, and 95% of them I can figure what's going to happen within the first five minutes, this movie is no exception. The acting is nothing special, but okay, the sports story is average but watchable, but the true tale about the inventor lifts the movie from a 5 to 6 star. It's a football movie, what's not to like?

I just saw this film yesterday at the Cleveland International Film Festival. I must say, I was very impressed.

The overall cinematography is in line with most modern day multi-million dollar Hollywood productions, even though this was produced as an independent film and shot in less than a month in Stark County, Ohio. It's amazing to see how far film makers can go when they actually have talent and aren't relying on a bloated budget and over-hyped marketing campaign. UNDERDOGS shines in that the shots themselves are well composed and can, at times, even evoke emotion.

The actors and actresses all performed extremely well. Though this is a family-oriented film, there wasn't a lot of "cheesy" moments or poor acting typically associated with those types of films. The characters themselves are very memorable and you could almost hear the audience praising the heroes and booing the villains as the film went on. There is enough humor sprinkled throughout to keep it from becoming too serious.

Though this was primarily a football movie, I found it quite engaging even though I didn't understand a lot of the football jargon. The parallel plot of an employee fighting against his greedy employer really helps drive home the whole spirit of being an underdog, which most people can really relate to.

Overall, fun and enjoyable film and highly recommended!

Terrible movie with some bad acting. Mrs Burkett was terrible and stuttering dad was unbelievable. Turns out to be an ad for suarez's eden pure heaters. Good local flair and commentating by the local whbc sports reporter but not enough to make it worth the matinée price or the 1hr 45mins. of my time that I can't get back.

The best I can say about the movie is that quality filming was present. Doesn't look low budget.

My children and spouse graduated from Aquinas and they were embarrassed to see their school in this movie.

Movie is predictable and takes part of the local storyline into the movie. Those that worked at the Hoover company lived the working part of the story.

Save your time and if your local wait for the DVD release, should be in about 2 weeks.