Great movie
October 27, 2008
This is a great movie with a very uplifting story. If you love Jeffrey Donovan, you will love this movie.
Wonderful, wonderful
October 24, 2008
This movie should have gotten a ton of public air play, but it obviously didn't. Too bad; it's a tremendous movie. The acting is superb, the story is one that needs to be told, and our world needs to have some "feel good" movies around. Being a huge Jeffrey Donovan fan (due to "Burn Notice"), he was absolutely fabulous in this movie. Be sure to watch the extras on the DVD to get the feel for the story line and the actors's reactions. It is a movie for the whole family; enjoy it with popcorn, pizza, or whatever your junk food of choice may be.
Believe in Me
October 19, 2008
This is a great movie, very inspiring, well acted and just fun. Jeffrey Donovan is great as the coach.
Same Old Story, But Still Delightful and Inspiring
September 23, 2008
You could summarize this as a typical sports coach inspiration plot: Coach is lost and ends up with the opposite of what he wants. Coach tries to get what he wants, fails, and accepts his place. Coach bonds with team, and eventually he no longer feels lost.
That said, this is a deeply touching film. Become one with the main character as he is transformed through a series of life-altering experiences after moving to a new town as the new head basketball coach.
The catch?
When he arrives he finds out he wasn't promised a boys coaching position, and instead he's stuck with the girls. He knows the joke is that they can't play basketball, and now he is just waiting out the year until the boys coaching position is available.
What he doesn't know, is that the joke was really on him. Follow along as he bonds with the team, as he learns to believe in the girls he coaches, and ultimately he learns to believe in himself in ways he never thought possible.
"Believe In Me" is a movie that is both deeply heartwarming and very inspirational. This movie helps us connect with that part of ourselves which remembers we are all here together, inspiring one another, loving one another, and ultimately believing in one another.
Something for everyone in the family-male/female, parents/kids, sports fans/romantics
August 30, 2008
Coach Driscoll (Jeffrey Donovan) finds his chance to head-coach boy's basketball is shifted to a girl's HS team. Nightmare #2 is that it is a consistently loosing girl's team. Girl's basketball isn't taken seriously till Driscoll decides to give it a try. You know he'll make a difference.
You will fall into being a fan of the small Oklahoma town team. You will cheer the team and boo the villain heading the school board. It is a story well written and acted, so well, in fact, that it seems a true story. Perhaps that's because it is based on the real story of Jim Keith and the Lady Cyclones (Oklahoma famous.) And the older, real, original team and coach, gets to play as extras in the movie. The coach is a true-to-life basketball hero. Nobody can write realistic stories like true life. This coach's life and his teams will take you on an emotional spiral--UPWARD.
"Believe In Me" Coach Driscoll and his wife have no children even though they want one so adoption is considered. The story sounds a bit like a girl's basketball answer to the boy's football story of "Facing the Giants." Both are great and recommended.
Being a Hoosier, and growing up in what the Indiana state calls "Hoosier Hysteria," I find this a story very rewarding.
Bonuses: Violence equals only a donnybrook on the court. The nudes in the shower scene show nothing. Druggies are nonexistent. Bottom line--it's a family film--and the girl's acting can play a pretty mean game of basketball, more like the girls of the 21st century.
One goofy highlight to watch for: see girl's basketball being played by one team in dresses. Now that's shocking! You'll have to remote in reverse and see it again, not believing your eyes. Funny!
A good movie to play the week before the basketball season begins--year after year after year.
