Reggie's Prayer

The story itself was inspiring. It was clearly low budget by Hollywood standards which means anyone watching would have to get past the limited number of top notch professional actors, writers and film crew. Judged on the story alone it was excellent. The premise of the film that a professional football star would decide to leave fame and fortune to "make a difference in one young person's life" highlights the message that sometimes making a difference mean sacrifice. Interwoven into the plot is Reggie White showing how strong principles, belief in oneself and a solid foundation makes the difference between success and failure. Not only for his character, but for the students he taught and the other coaches and staff. This movie covers it all. Leading by example, fear of failure, a strong marriage in difficult times, family bonding through hardship, forgiveness, paying the price for doing the right thing...even learning from Mr. Miyagi (Pat Morita).

This was the first film I see listed for the writer/director. So taking that into consideration this movie is amazing. I would love to see this story done again with better writing & directing so all that's great about it could be easily seen.

Quite a refreshing movie to me. Back to the days of "a moral to the story". If you are teaching a child up to young teen years...maybe about 14 as the cut off point, about doing the right thing, morals or character, something we hardly see in movies today geared to the youth, then this is a must see. It's good for just fun with the kids maybe for a sleep over with popcorn after bible study or something. Then you can let them know that Reggie White was a real football player. I enjoyed seeing M.C. Hammer, and the Big Show in the movie. Rouf, another football player and Reggie's wife also played in the movie with Pat remembered as Mr. Myogi in "Karate Kid". This movie is good to see if you are just tired of seeing blood and guts.

With catchy lines like, ''What, you've never been constipated?'' and visuals of Reggie carrying a lamb for no reason, Field of Dreams has nothing on this movie. This should be a staple at any local video store, not just at Christian bookstores. Warning: The movie does have a shocking opening, which left us wondering if the DVD contained some kind of preview. It wasn't. Instead, it was decisively the best start to a movie in any genre. This film could have been about 30 minutes shorter, but, hey, the English Patient could have been two hours shorter and it still won a ton of awards. This film's lack of recognition really is surprising. My only regret is that it took me 10 years for find this title.

The pacing of this is so very slow. Christian characters are present, but this movie does not stand up and preach despite starting a litteral preacher.

Cinephiles or maybe just packer fans from the 90's should get kick out of the cast featuring two hall of fame nfl players one sharing a cameo with their coach. Mr miyagi is in this movie and so is the Big Show (a professional wrestler) The acting... sucks Cinematography....boring The message is good.

A player-turned-coach story with the main character being played by a retired football player gives this film an authentic edge that makes the story line come to life. It's a must-watch for any football fan.