Sexylocher Masterful Movie

Dotbankey A lot of fun.

Hulkeasexo it is the rare 'crazy' movie that actually has something to say.

ChanFamous I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

stevesnake86 The fact that they made a Christian movie about him is really quite strange. If you want to see a movie closer to the main character, watch Bill Paxton in the classic Weird Science. That being said, I have not seen the actual movie. My old high school friend just recently told me that they actually made a Christian movie about this guy, and I had to see it to believe it.

mharah You can go the breathless, creepy-weepie route. Or you can go the determined, stiff-upper-lip route. The 5th Quarter chose creepy-weepie, and as always, it really doesn't work very well. I don't have a problem with faith-based content, but that shouldn't prevent it from being well-written, well-acted and well-produced. The 5th Quarter, sadly, is not. The characters are very one-dimensional. The film should have explored the personal effect the tragedy forced upon them and how they dealt with that. It's all well and good to portray people turning to their faith in times of great stress. However, The 5th Quarter shows characters turning to faith and expecting it to do the work. We need to see how faith was the inspiration and one's resources were the effort. The writing was uninspired -- many, many clichés. As always in low budget productions, much of the talent was picked up locally, and it shows. Lines were often delivered without any credibility; the actors' inexperience was obvious. Production values were very erratic - sometimes quite good, other times amateurish. (The use of stock footage was particularly jarring - roughly edited and badly printed. It often looked like a bad 60s kinescope, and perhaps it was.) The acting in general was not remarkable. Both Aiden Quinn and Andie McDowell are capable of excellent work; not here. Quinn chewed up the scenery. (He tends to do that in highly emotional roles; the director should have reined him in. Of course, the director may have actually liked it.) Andie McDowell could have phoned it in. Ryan Merriman - still very underrated and underused, as is often the fate of talented child actors who grow up - did quite well making some impossible lines and set-ups sound believable. All in all, this film could have been first rate. The story, the principal cast, the values - they had all the elements of an exciting, inspiring film. But it fell prey to the problem with so many faith-based films - the story was sacrificed to make sure we got the message. As a result, neither succeeded all that well.

lekcots11 This is a pretty good Faith-based movie. From reading other reviews, some people don't understand that this movie is REALLY BASED ON A TRUE STORY. I'm reading that some people are turned off by Merriman's hair. Well that's because that's how the real player's hair was. I'm a Wake Forest fan and I watched a lot from that season. They did the best they could wit what they had. Scenes were filmed from campus and the stadium. They did have to do some cosmetics (terrible) to the stadium because it undergone changes since that season in 2006 (rename and video screen.) The acting isn't too bad, a bit too dramatic at times. Yes, some scenes weren't completely true, but that was the same for the Blindside too. I don't know if any of you noticed but many times they used actual footage from televised games. I didn't like how a lot of the time they showed the same footage of the crowd, even if they were at different stadiums, I could tell they use scenes from the same stadium. Good movie overall though. Worth watching a least once.

bchilton77 Being a pastor, I was excited to see another faith-based movie. The movie was inspirational with great values supporting faith, dealing with the death of a loved one, and overcoming tremendous obstacles. However, I was surprised at the amount of alcohol that was promoted in the movie, especially when the mother was shown drinking shots with her friend. When she couldn't get her breath, I didn't know if it was stress or taking too big of a swig. There is a time or two when vulgar language is used in the movie. So, I would recommend this movie for Christian families, however I do not know that I would approve of watching this film in church. Do not let the eccentricities keep you from watching. Although this movie is not at the level of spiritual prowess that Fireproof and Facing the Giants are at, it is still a great movie overall.