Greater

Great faith based, inspirational sports movie, based on true story. Great movie with uplifting message for ther entire family. Shows that faith in God and God's live is Greater than anything!!

What an amazing movie, I'm by no means a fan of football... But that may have been changed tonight watching this story. It's one that makes you engrossed in it right away and one that gives you a feeling of strength. It shows that no matter how hard it gets you keep pushing like he did. What an awesome movie! Definitely pleas watch it.

This is based upon a true story

The story will open with the death of Brandon Burlsworth although we won't see any of the accident he was in. We see the beginnings of funeral arrangements for him and why his brother Marty (Neal McDonough ) cannot understand why this happened.

Brandon Burlsworth (Christopher Severio) had always wanted to be a Arkansas Razorback football player and he had to try harder than most to achieve it even when it was always in doubt, mostly because of his weight. High School Coach Bender (Fredric Lehne) called him a "diamond in the rough" and hoped someone would notice. His brother Marty was 17-yrs older than Brandon and many thought he was Brandon's father. Marty wanted the best for Brandon but really didn't believe Brandon would achieve his dreams.

This really isn't a football story It's a story about determination, faith and trust. Christian undertones dominate this film, but is not preachy. We see a little football, of course, but we mostly see the struggles Brandon went thru at different stages to achieve his dreams and never gave up and always tried to do better. We will see Brandon take a lot of abuse from just about everyone especially from the players he hoped to play with. Some of this will tear at your heart. Oh, and have box of Kleenex handy.

It was nice to see Neal McDonough finally in a good guy role. He is a great, perhaps underrated, actor even though he plays the bad guys a lot. He always gives a very good performance and he did in here. Notables: Nick Searcy as The Farmer who tries to shake Marty's faith and it is fragile at best; Michael Parks as Leo, Brandon and Marty's alcoholic father; Leslie Easterbrook as Brandon and Marthy's adoring mother; and Mark Dobies as Coach Nutt, the coach in Brandon's senior year and he convinces the new coach not to go into a rebuild program and not to give up on this team as things will change.

At the end there will be statements about how Brandon Burlsworth's life impacts many today. This is a very uplifting and impressive story about a young very impressive young man. Christopher Severio has done an excellent job portraying Brandon Burlsworth. Kudos. (9/10)

Violence: Yes. Football scenes. Sex: No. Nudity: No. Humor: Yes, at times. Language: No Rating: A

Have to say I really liked this movie. It is a sad story but a really has a positive message throughout. Even to this day his name lives on and inspires people all over the country. Such a good movie and well worth watching.

This movie popped up on Netflix at first glance I thought it was going to be another low rated sappy sports film, but I thought I would give it a look. First off, I don't know how anyone would give the film a rating of Less than 10. Yes, agreed, it was a bit low budget, but the message the film portrays is a bit different than some of the sappy made for TV type sports films. I had never heard about Brian Bulsworth until seeing this film, and am glad I watched it. So what if it has a spiritual twist, it seems it was true, so why wouldn't that be shown in the film. Goes to show everyone that that flashy kid that gets everything handed to them can learn a thing or two from Brandon. Highly recommended.