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Facing the Giants
Directed by
Alex Kendrick
PG
2006
1h 51m
Drama
,
Sport
6.5
17%
85%
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A losing coach and his underdog football team face their giants of fear and failure on and off the field, with surprising results.
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Cast of Facing the Giants
Alex Kendrick
Grant Taylor
Shannen Fields
Brooke Taylor
Bill Butler
Neil Prater
Bailey Cave
David Childers
Steve Williams
Larry Childers
Tracy Goode
Brady Owens
Jim McBride
Bobby Lee Duke
Tommy McBride
Jonathan Weston
Jason McLeod
Brock Kelley
Chris Willis
J.T. Hawkins Jr.
Ray Wood
Mr. Bridges
Erin Bethea
Alicia Houston
James Blackwell
Matt Prater
David Nixon
Mr. Jones
Mark Richt
Self
Dan W. Howell Sr.
Announcer #2
Michael McLendon
Shiloh Football Player
Kyle Scott
Shiloh Football Player
Mary Smit
Field Nurse
Janet Lee Dapper
Teacher (uncredited)
Tracy Keller
Claire Peterson
Susan Sanders
Janie Carter
Facing the Giants Ratings & Reviews
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Jeff Strickler
The religious proselytizing in this football movie is about as subtle as a blindside hit by a 300-pound defensive end.
Los Angeles Times
William Lobdell
Facing the Giants feels like an overly earnest church sketch of the type many evangelical congregations use as a teaching tool on Sunday between the worship music and pastor's message.
Seattle Times
Ted Fry
Those looking for an evening's diversion will find it an amateur exercise that has the feel of a film-school project.
Denver Rocky Mountain News
Robert Denerstein
I'm not about to argue with the message, but the delivery system sinks below the level of after-school special, and the acting matches.
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)
Linda Cook
Here's a badly acted movie with a terrific story line that makes it well worth seeing.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Paul Doro
A sermon much more than it is a movie.
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Chris Hewitt
Facing the Giants falls victim to the tell-don't-show brand of filmmaking, in which every character always says exactly what he's feeling and every time a character's flaws are pointed out to him, they are immediately corrected.
Kalamazoo Gazette
James Sanford
Most of the actors read their lines earnestly but flatly, and Kendrick has done them no favors by pushing them to play broad comedy in some scenes and anguished drama in others.
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Ken Hanke
For it to have any appeal for persons who do not share the movie's beliefs would indeed be miraculous -- it's appallingly bad as anything other than a sermon.
Decent Films
Steven D. Greydanus
Fitfully entertaining… To reach a broader audience, though, the filmmakers will have to scrap their playbook and learn a whole new set of rules.
One Guy's Opinion
Frank Swietek
Would seem sincere enough, but it's just a chain of ludicrous cliches of both the sports and religious variety.
Austin Chronicle
Josh Rosenblatt
Its feel-good storyline, shopworn message, and bottomless sermonizing would have played better in Sunday school than on the big screen, which is -- let's face it -- Babylon's turf.
TheIndependentCritic.com
Richard Propes
While I wouldn't dare call it a perfect film, I would be so bold as to call it a film that ministers in the way that a Christian should minister.
Variety
Joe Leydon
By preaching to the converted so heavy-handedly, the filmmakers fumble an opportunity to reach beyond their target demo of devout churchgoers.
Kansas City Star
Robert W. Butler
If it cannot avoid the clichs of both the sports film and the inspirational film, at least Facing the Giants leavens its message with good humor.
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
John Beifuss
This time, Jesus rather than Burt Reynolds or The Rock gets the credit for leading an underdog team of football players to victory.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker
... full of praise for God in place of foul language and biblical quotes in place of deeds. It preaches to the converted -- literally.
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Philip Martin
..more a ministry tool than entertainment, but it is an encouraging development in the ongoing struggle against Hollywood hegemony.
Christianity Today
Josh Hurst
When a film is as unintentionally corny as this one, it's anyone's guess as to how many viewers can stomach all the schmaltz for the positive message at the end.
Common Sense Media
Heather Boerner
Faith-based pigskin tale.
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