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23 Blast
Directed by
Dylan Baker
PG-13
2014
1h 38m
Drama
,
Sport
6.4
36%
66%
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When a high school football star is suddenly stricken with irreversible total blindness, he must decide whether to live a safe handicapped life or bravely return to the life he once knew and the sport he still loves.
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Cast of 23 Blast
Mark Hapka
Travis Freeman
Bram Hoover
Jerry Baker
Stephen Lang
Coach Farris
Max Adler
Cameron Marshall
Alexa PenaVega
Ashley
Dylan Baker
Larry Freeman
Kim Zimmer
Mary Freeman
Becky Ann Baker
Patty Wheatley
Timothy Busfield
Duncan
Fred Thompson
Coach Powers
Kevin Cooney
Coach Burley
Isiah Whitlock Jr.
Dr. Connelly
Crystal Hunt
Molly
Angel Laketa Moore
Karen
Deirdre Brennan
Mrs. Crawford
Scott Sowers
Mr. Marshall
23 Blast Ratings & Reviews
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
From the director to the actors, there's an ease with the style here, as well as a lack of self-consciousness about the fundamentalist religious culture of the characters.
Washington Post
Sandie Angulo Chen
Although the Bakers, and Hoovers' connection to small-town Kentucky lends the movie a sweet, homegrown touch, it's hard not to wonder whether it would've been more compelling (and less cheesy) in more experienced hands.
Newsday
Rafer Guzman
Another inspirational film that rarely strays from the playbook, but first-time director Baker gives it some life.
AV Club
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
It is a heartfelt, earnest piece of flatly lit Americana, made in a hypnotically dull style usually associated with mid-century industrial filmmaking.
One Guy's Opinion
Frank Swietek
On the one hand, it's well-meaning and high-minded; on the other, it's obvious and predictable.
NYC Movie Guru
Avi Offer
Exhilarating, wise and genuinely heartfelt. It's perfect entertainment for the whole family! It will make you stand up and cheer!
Movie Mom
Nell Minow
This is quiet, even modest storytelling, with a surprising final punch, an inspirational tale that never becomes sugary or preachy.
Way Too Indie
Bernard Boo
23 Blast may not be a good movie, but it's honest about what it is and doesn't pander to wider audiences looking for edginess and cynicism.
Common Sense Media
Barbara Shulgasser
Inspiring true-life tale about blind football player.
Mark Reviews Movies
Mark Dujsik
We start to wonder if there's really anything even slightly worthwhile -- let alone Very Important -- about [this story].
Austin Chronicle
Josh Kupecki
23 Blast's heart might be in the right place, but everything else seems a mish-mash of tropes hearkening back to the Hallmark movies era.
HollywoodInToto.com
Christian Toto
23 Blast has a tiny budget and an uninspired script, but the bond between the leads is worth cheering.
Variety
Bill Edelstein
A fairly predictable yarn that's lighthearted and well-acted, if cast mostly with characters that are little more than tackling dummies.
Los Angeles Times
Robert Abele
By-the-numbers inspirational trudgework.
New York Times
Neil Genzlinger
Although the film has moments when it's serious about exploring the challenges that someone in Travis's situation faces, it ultimately prefers to be just another football movie with a hokey big-game ending.
The Hollywood Reporter
Michael Rechtshaffen
Stepping behind the camera, versatile actor Dylan Baker makes an assured directorial debut, drawing spirited performances from his seasoned cast while mainly steering clear of the usual, treacly movie-of-the week conventions.
Village Voice
Alan Scherstuhl
An honest piece of work, and sometimes a touching one.
Cinemalogue
Todd Jorgenson
Despite some solid performances and gritty game footage, emotionally it falls short of the end zone.
Screen It!
Jim Judy
I'll be darned if I didn't react quite often to it the way all involved were presumably striving for. (Full Content Review for Parents also Available)
RedEye
Matt Pais
Turns a true story into a momentum-free, accidental comedy that makes both football and serious injury excruciatingly boring.
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