1. It's a feel-good rags-to-riches kind of story.
2. It's a true story.
3. It's set in Philadelphia, near where I grew up.
Unfortunately, I was too busy to see it in the theater, and
wound up seeing it through a happy accident, when the scheduled movie on
a flight from China to Japan (The Lake House, which I had already seen
on another flight) refused to play!
Simply, it's the story of Vince Papale, a man who played
(American) football in high school but not in college, then while
working as a substitute teacher and bartender and playing for a
minor-league team, got a tryout with the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles and
made the team, becoming the league's oldest rookie without college
experience.
Papale's story is told pretty accurately, with only minor (if
unnecessary) changes in the movie. Philadelphia is given a nice
portrayal, and the actors and dialogue feel like people and language one
would actually encounter in Philadelphia.
Overall, I really enjoyed this movie. It's nothing too
terribly deep, but anyone familiar with the Philadelphia sports scene
will find a lot to relate to - and a lot to laugh at. I'd recommend it
to, for example, my dad.
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