Going to the Mat

I waited and waited for this movie to come out and when it finally did it was so worth the wait. This was an excellent movie. The entire cast gives an amazing performance. I liked the fact that Jace Newfield (Andrew Lawrence) and Mary Beth Rice (Alessandra Toreson) were really good friends but never "officially" a couple. I think that was great. This is one of Andrew Lawrence's best performances and Alessandra Toreson also gave an amazing performance, not to mention she is just breathtakingly beautiful. I also liked the relationship Jace had with the coach and the music teacher. I would recommend this movie to anyone who likes Wrestling or good family movies.

"Going to the Mat" is an extremely well acted (what we've come to expect from one of the Lawrence brothers) story about a boy Jace (Jason Newfield, played by Andrew Lawrence), who moves from New York City to an almost opposite environment in Utah. Now your probably thinking, whats so interesting about that? Well, Jace is blind, and is convinced by his "reader" to join the Wrestling team. Jace faces a lot of discrimination from his teammates, and changes his outlook on Utah. Definitely a Disney movie =). In the end, Jace makes new friends, becomes stronger emotionally, and, under the guidance of his band teacher, Mr. Wayatte (who shares his disability), learns to accept life as it comes at him. A must see movie, and a great performance by Andrew Lawrence, Khleo Thomas ("Fly"), Wayne Brady (Mr. Wyatte) and Alessandra Toreson (Mary Beth Rice).

Jace is new to school, and he's also blind. He tries to excel in music class by showing off his talent on the drums, only to discover that his teacher is also blind. He soon discovers that to be accepted you have to be an athlete, so he joins the wrestling team.

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Beautiful little film, with a simple, exciting and efficient script, which I even thought was another biography like so many others that Disney always makes that captivate us and make us cry and make our hearts warm, with beautiful lessons in morals and overcoming difficulties, friendship, family, humility and union... The Lawrence brothers' cutie and Khleo Thomas' cutie... s2.. Extremely cutie and Cutie...

Going to mat is about a blind boy, Jace (Jason) who moves from New York City to Hicksville (no offense). With a big chip on his shoulder as the cool kid, he tries unsuccessfully to intermix with the other kids. His one friend, "Fly", played well by Khleo Thomas gets Jace into wrestling. After several unsuccessful attempts, Jace finally succeeds and becomes the champ. This is a Disney movie. Which about says it all. There is not a lot of drama, Jace (played by Andrew Lawrence) gives a very believable performance, then again so do all Disney films. As with all Disney films, its all good, nothing too bad and always smiling (if not crying) at the end. 2 out of 5 stars.

I have watched the movie..the main character..what was his name?...'Jace'something..played by Andy Lawrence..never heard the name before but his face looks so familiar..no wonder..the Lawrences. Anyway..the story is simple (since it's a Disney) and happy ending..of course..but this young man acted well as a blind person..it looks kind of convincing enough..a blind person tried to do some wrestling...nice job!!..a good start for a newcomer..he played guitar and drum too in this movie..plus Wayne Brady played some serious character..a blind music teacher (why ALL blind people know how to play ALL kind of music stuff??)..which kind of weird but good to watch. Watch it if u'v got any chance..