The 5th
Quarter (2011)
Based on real events
this film from writer/director Rick Bieber stars Ryan Merriman, Aidan
Quinn and Andie MacDowell. A family loses their youngest son in a car
crash while the eldest son plays college football.
Films based on real
life tragedies need to be dealt with sensitively but this film is
anything but sensitive and just goes for over the top sentimentality
in place of any real content. From a narrative point of view the film
struggles to decide if it is a college football film or a family
tragedy film and so ends up being really unclear on the story it is
telling. At best this is a TV issue of the week film which is a shame
as it ends up trivialising what is no doubt some series issues.
2/5
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