Correndo por um Sonho

6/10 - an entertaining family/sports drama that did feel a little preachy at times

This movie is about real life, hardships, heartaches, love, trust, faith and forgiveness.

It starts off predictably, with expected sporting injury hindering career, but the story was surprisingly original with some turns I didn't expect. There lead didn't seem to have the emotional responses to his life where expected ie when he has an injury he's not sad, but then later he gets overwhelmed for no apparent reason. However, on the whole the acting is nice, and though clearly a Christian film, it's not too heavy and not really cheesy at all. I guess it's painting a bigger picture and not milking emotions in the way some Christian films do. I recommend it.

First of all, I have no idea who is giving this film 1-star reviews. I assume it's being done by people who either don't like Tim Tebow or by people who can't stand Christian culture, because there is absolutely no way that any fair critic would give this movie anything close to a 1-star review.

That said, this is one of the better Christian films that I've seen. Several Christian films I've seen are what I tend to call "too cheesy" or the ending was "too happy". (I'm not a fan of everything always working out in the end -- I don't think that's realistic).

Anyway, my standards for Christian films tend to be pretty low, but at least this one had a somewhat realistic ending and I didn't find myself rolling my eyeballs during scenes, which I sometimes do.

As a male, I could relate to the emotions of two of the film's more disgruntled characters, which I appreciated. As a sports-themed film with several male characters, I thought this film would be more appealing to men -- but so far, females have rated it higher on IMDB than males have... so what do I know?

If I were a secular person watching this film, I might rate it a six or a seven out of ten. As a Christian, I'd probably give it an eight or a nine. (I gave it a nine because the 1-star reviews are obviously bogus and need to be compensated for).

For what it's worth, I thought Passion of the Christ was the best Christian film I've seen. (It didn't have much of a plot, but it was well done). The second best I've seen is "What If..." with Kevin Sorbo... and Run the Race probably takes the #3 spot. Not perfect, but pretty well done -- especially for a Christian film. Enjoy.

Even in the throws of hard luck believing in something or someone can get you to where your suppose to be.