Greater
Directed by David Hunt, the movie centers on Brandon Burlsworth, who was told he wasn't good enough to play Division I football, but still took a risk walking on in 1994, and became the most respected player in the history of the program.
9 August 1976, Houston, Texas, USA
3 April 1959, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
July 14, 1993 in USA
18 January 1948, Jackson, Mississippi, USA
27 July 1961, Conway, Arkansas, USA
11 August 1983, Brooklyn, New York, USA
15 August 1984, Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
14 January 1947, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
August 26, 2016
While Brandon's own faith never wavers, the film cross-examines Christian pieties and even faith itself to a greater degree than any other faith-based film I can think of.
August 26, 2016
An inspirational sports drama that dares to ask difficult questions about faith.
August 25, 2016
It' s not a big biopic about a big football star. It's an inspirational film about a life well-lived that ended too soon.
August 26, 2016
... not a movie for people who look to movies for something more than uplift or assurance, but that's all right.
September 08, 2016
As a basic football film Greater is perfectly adequate, but it could have truly lived up to its title with stronger convictions on its faith component.
August 26, 2016
Moving, faith-based tale of football star's unexpected rise.
August 30, 2016
A faith-based football weeper that fails on almost every level.
August 24, 2016
Just sweet enough and slick enough to appeal to pigskin fans and Christian family audiences.
August 26, 2016
Had the filmmakers not repeatedly returned to the "doubting Thomases" and instead just played the film out chronologically, it would have had more of an emotional impact. (Full Content Review for Parents - Profanity, Bullying, etc. - also Available)
August 24, 2016
The life and untimely death of Arkansas football player Brandon Burlsworth is turned into a one-note sermon in David Hunt's leaden biopic.
August 28, 2016
A movie that has some undeniable inspirational appeal, but also one that's so sluggishly told that the appeal is moderately blunted.
December 19, 2016
Yes, Burlsworth was truly an angel among us, but Greater takes the audience through some heavy-handed hell.
