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anyone see the Kurt Warner movie yet?

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a friend went today and said it was very good.
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Previews looked awful, and like something that sounds was made for TV. Probably going to pass on this, maybe if I can rent it for $2.99 next year I’ll give it a shot.
 
People keep saying that but I saw the production quality on that trailer 6 months ago. How is it possibly good? HIs story should make for a decent movie script but then if the script was good, why didn't anybody pay to make the movie trailer look reasonable?
 
Was pleasantly surprised. Worth seeing if you like Kurt Warner or just inspiring, feel good movies in general. Not great, but far from bad. A little bit of a Hoosiers, Rudy vibe.
What’s the Jesus-O-Meter rating? If it’s 5 or less on a scale of 1-10 I might be able to handle it.
 
Was pleasantly surprised. Worth seeing if you like Kurt Warner or just inspiring, feel good movies in general. Not great, but far from bad. A little bit of a Hoosiers, Rudy vibe.

How would it compare to The Final Season (the movie about Norway's last baseball season)? If it's on par with that, or worse, hard pass.
 
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Saw it. Overall, it was good but goes light on Warner’s faith when it could have gone deeper.

It touches on all the key parts but has a focus on his relationship with Brenda and her son. Brenda is/was a complicated person and I enjoyed how the film explored this but still felt like it could have gone even further. Hard to cram it all in < 2hrs. Warner’s story is as much about Brenda as it is about football.
 
not to mention they clearly did not film in an actual Hy Vee store as you can clearly see different private label items.

Guess since most was filmed in Oklahoma they didn't have it in the budget to film some of the store scenes in KC or somewhere there was an actual Hy Vee.
 
How would it compare to The Final Season (the movie about Norway's last baseball season)? If it's on par with that, or worse, hard pass.

A conservative estimate based on the studios that produced them, is that it would have been at least 5 times the budget of The Final Season.

BTW, just looked at the financials between the two. TFS highest finish at the box office was 20th place opening weekend, and has taken in just under $5 million in theater and home video sales to date. It has a 27% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. American Underdog was 4th at the box office this weekend, has a 75% Rotten Tomatoes, and has already flown past the $7 million mark on its opening weekend alone. With its advertising budget and nearly twice the screens nationwide that Lionsgate has put it on, around $15 million in box office alone is almost guaranteed at this point. May well rake in north of $50 million overall when said and done. All signs point to a much better film.
 
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