Jay Baruchel's Top 10* Sports Movies3 of 12
Rudy
The next movie ... it has to be ... it’s a cliche, but it's Rudy. There’s a reason Rudy is a cliche. It is one of the first movies that I remembered crying during when I was a kid. Yelling at the TV screen saying, "Just let him play. Why can’t you guys let him play." They got something right. It is shot beautifully. Acted wonderfully. Some of the most iconic film music in the generation that gets used to campaigns in movies all the time. That’s a special one. As someone that doesn’t always buy into American exceptionalism in sports stuff in movies, this one I hold my hands up and can’t help it. I just love it. It gets me.
The next movie ... it has to be ... it’s a cliche, but it's Rudy. There’s a reason Rudy is a cliche. It is one of the first movies that I remembered crying during when I was a kid. Yelling at the TV screen saying, "Just let him play. Why can’t you guys let him play." They got something right. It is shot beautifully. Acted wonderfully. Some of the most iconic film music in the generation that gets used to campaigns in movies all the time. That’s a special one. As someone that doesn’t always buy into American exceptionalism in sports stuff in movies, this one I hold my hands up and can’t help it. I just love it. It gets me.