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The fact this movie (at this time) is rated less than 6 is misleading. There's only about 1,000 reviews and you can see why they're low by reading the ones who gave it a 1. If you want to see why there's some religion in the movie (and it's not an overwhelming amount of religion like the 1s would have you believe), you can watch the trailer and see why, for a true story, they'd rely on religion.

With that being said, the movie itself I thought was good. It's inspirational and for a book turned movie I thought they did a great job. I've not read the book, but usually when they turn them into movies you feel like something is missing or it goes too fast in parts where it shouldn't. I never got that feeling. Is it a lot like other inspirational movies? Sure. Can it be a little corney at times? Sometimes but not over the top. But overall it was a good movie and if it happened to be on TV when I walked in a room I'd probably sit and watch it again for a bit.

Whether you are religious or not this is a great inspirational movie of someone overcoming tragic circumstances. The movie should inspire people that are going through tough times themselves that there is hope and that good things can happen from tragedy. The movie is a true story that shows if you never give up and fight for your dreams you can overcome some of the worst situations .Life will always have some difficult times but the important thing is that you never give up and fight through them . It will make a better and stronger person in the end . Each trial was a challenge and faced as an opportunity to rise up and meet .

The biggest flaw is that the movie is totally predictable till last.My question is 'What was this movie made for'?If it's for inspiration we have masterpieces like Theory of Everything.Only difference is that on this movie,the family praises god even if they sneeze.I can't understand why such a movie was made.

Though some of the sports scenes are not as convincing, the story line, interactions and dialog are. This based-on-a-true-story movie takes you on quite a journey that is safe and entertaining for the whole family. It will also challenge you to think more carefully about your life and inspire you to look for, and trust, how providence is working out the direst of circumstances in your, and your family's, life. This movie may not be 100% 'Hollywood quality', but it is very close. The acting, cinematography and screenplay is excellent. Only some of the sports scenes could have used a bit more authenticity, but it is easily overlooked because of the excellence throughout the rest of the movie. Well worth the watch and the purchase!!

The preaching and the overt evangelizing is kept to a minimum in the film. This is the story of how young basketball protege Cody Linley who after collapsing during a game is discovered to have a brain tumor the size of an orange.

Young Linley was saddled with the nickname Hoovey after as a toddler he got his arm sucked and stuck in a vacuum cleaner. Father Patrick Warburton is a farmer and fireman and mother Alyssa Stoner are a hard working church going couple and their faith helps see them through.

Two other performances of note are Charles Robinson as Linley's high school coach and Brandon Mychal Smith as another basketball prodigy on the team who fears that Linley's handicap will kick in at the wrong time and mess things up for him.

Hoovey is a nice story that can be shown in more places than Christian movie nights.