Solemplex
To me, this movie is perfection.
Dotsthavesp
I wanted to but couldn't!
Tayloriona
Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.
Neive Bellamy
Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.
keesjan-90206
A movie based on an true story. A combination of sport and faith in a time of racism around 1972. What an amazing movie! I did not expect that. How the faith in Jesus Christ can bring people together. Competitiors or not. Goosebumps a lot of times during the movie! The sentence in the movie: "Do you believe in miracles?" explains everything! Worth seeing!
Molongirl
As an Australian I have never been drawn to the padded shoulders, grunt and bash that grid iron seems to be. However I finally got past my sports bias and watched because of the black/white and Christian story lines. Surprised myself by totally enjoying it. What a sportsman Touchdown Tony proved to be and how moving the conversion and cohesion of the Woodlawn team. Will be recommending this one to my friends. Good movie
delanos53-170-482861
I am a Christian and sometimes I see some movies that don't really tell it. Not only is it Accurate but It told it like it is. I felt really good after watching it. I had never heard this story before. Heard about it from a friend I think. If your not a Christian and don't want to be one you might just have your thinking changed. I dare you to watch it. Like they say in the movie it shows the power of 1, One way. Hope you all will watch it. When God show up miracles happen. I know first hand about them. Two or Three times I should have died but am still alive. I guarantee you won't fell worse after watching this. Excellent directing and Cast and very good cinematography. From what I can tell very close to the true story. Real life characters. Real life Truth.
bkoganbing
As a Christian movie Woodlawn is getting quite a bit more play than in the normal circuits where these films run, not unlike God's Not Dead from last year. First and foremost it's a story about football and in Alabama the folks down there do love their school football. They also love their fundamentalist religion so when coach Tandy Geralds played by Nic Bishop decides that religion might be a unifying force for his team it's a fertile field he's plowing. Woodlawn High School in Birmingham is recently integrated via the courts and racial tensions run high. After all this is a city that a decade earlier was ground zero in the civil rights era. No way in a million light years could Bishop get away with bringing in a team evangelist in New York City for instance. But Sean Astin preaches a whale of sermon and the team commits to Jesus. Pretty soon the coach does as well and they start winning.A lot of that is also due to having an amazing running back Tony Nathan played here by unknown Christopher Castille. Years ago I remember Casey Stengel saying he'd tolerate a lot of rowdy behavior if he had a centerfielder who could hit like Mickey Mantle. The good behavior religious based or not is a bonus.I just watched a DVD of Woodlawn with an extra bonus featuring some of the real people of the story. They said that out of 43 players all but three committed themselves to Christianity in that scene with Sean Astin giving an altar call. I'd dearly love to know the story of those three and the enormous social pressure they must have been under.Will anyone make that film?
