Wednesday 7 February 2018

All over the top


My All American (2015)

Written & directed by Angelo Pizzo this film based on real events stars Finn Wittrock, Sarah Bolger and Aaron Eckhart. Deemed too short to play football a young man gets his chance to play for the University of Texas.

Unfortunately what could be a serious story is given the full cheese treatment which is a real shame given the life of it's protagonist. The film also overlooks the way college football uses the dreams and health of young men as a money making scheme with scant reward for the players. While the cast do their best the script is weak and made worse when the direction and score run ham fisted over the piece.

2/5

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