Carolinewriter

This was mind boggling. The story was almost fun and the model of the woman astronomer being supported by the town and her new love at first was great. But : Spoiler alert.

At one point you see being told that her quest to find the meteor shower partly so that will be named after her is "selfish"

This depresses her so much that she abandons her quest. A little girl stands up for her (good) the man apologizes sort of (but she keeps blaming herself) and she doesn't name the shower after herself doing the "unselfishly" thing that No Man Ever would be pushed to do by a woman--naming it for the whole town and giving up her once in a lifetime change as an astronomer to name something after herself. I could not believe it! It was like "it's okay to succeed honey but don't succeed in a way that makes others have to sacrifice to help you reach your goal (even though most women constantly do that for others!) and don't do it too big. " it was shocking ! And yes men can get abused that way by jealous women partners too. And it is always wrong.

This isn't a spoiler because it starts with her in a wedding dress.

I would be fine with this movie if the guy left at the altar had ended up with a love interest (such as amber?) and also shown to be happily ever after in a quick clip Like they usually do in these shoes. He didn't deserve the pain.

Another of the boyfriends would have been a great choice to leave at the altar but the one she did leave was very sweet and a trainer could have solved the issues they faced. This ruined the movie for me .

Still I would show this movie to every young person starting to date. It shows you how useless it is to try to become who they want.

This was an awesome movie, my favorite in the time of the Covid Pandemic Lockdown. If you like happy movies with joyous people who nonetheless seem real, ethical people who care about what matters, family connection and love, watch this! If you, like me, had an amazing, literate, kind, loving father figure watch this to see this type of father figure, for once, portrayed in a movie. Something so rare! Happy, functional families! With their share of hardship. But also their share of the magic that binds loving families. If you have this kind of family, watch to bring back happy memories. If you don't, watch to learn what can exist, what to wish for.

We have been looking for fun, joyous movies to watch to free us from so much grief around COVID, divisiveness, controversy etc.

We watched this as 3 catholics, two over 45, one who was 20. This show offers an escape of epic, foot-tapping proportions. And it is one of the few shows I've seen where all the leads are female, they are no one's "love objects" and you know, that was fun! Also as frequent visitors to SF, it mostly got parts of SF right, though I think it was a bit more like NYC in places.

The clergy get a bad well "rap"--and in this movie, you get to see the rap a bit ! (Sorry for the bad pun) But you get to see the GOOD of clergy, their devotion to causes, their contributions to the community.

Somehow it captures the best aspects of religious life--the sisterhood, the shared mission, the joy.

As a Catholic who heard the traditional versions of songs, and now could hear the transformation of them, it was especially fun and a triumph.,

As someone of Irish heritage I know the basic shyness of the main characters is believable but it is so frustrating to watch. This isn't a spoiler you can see it from the first scene.

Yet it is lovely and lush green, with gorgeous animals and it has some mini stories that are touching and moving.

Not for everyone.

I was blessed to not have the addiction or poverty challenges in my family & extended family but I had the same journey and the same culture shock going to an elite school from my steel city hometown. Although he is white I think immigrants and first-generation-college POC would relate to much of this story, of being of two worlds.

I am a liberal Democrat and I thought this was an amazing movie. I think Republicans would too. I do not get the problem with it. But I didn't read the book first . Ron Howard finds what unites us all as humans.

It is unifying about what happens when poverty and addiction meet life's challenges in America

It is about universal themes of family, loss, struggle , and more.

Glen Close and Amy Adams are literally astounding.

It takes about 1/2 hour to get in due to a complex storyline but is well worth staying with it.

Do not watch this with your teen -it would be embarrassing as it is quite raunchy- but it is really fun to watch with a partner or a group of adult friends !

Raunchy mix of cute with outrageous naughty - think Ted but actually more graphic.

I loved Melissa McCarthy in this and I don't understand why she was attacked for being in this. She was funny and an awesome character.

There were parallels to racism that made this timely.

This movie tells a tale that is often ignored, the tale of an adult whose parents split. And it tells the story with love for both, yet without sparing the truth.

It has the single best dialogue to a character who is contemplating suicide that I have yet to see.

The scenery is stunning and the characters are real. Bending and O'Connot shine. And the Dad character is a fine actor as well.

Some funny moments with the dog.

And characters who are real and original. And like all English films they look like actual people not movie stars. Even the gorgeous Annette who IS a movie star!

I saw this at an early premiere. The sports scenes are fantastic and had the theater on the edge of our seats! The truth is even more compelling than the streak! But beyond that, this is a cool story to see as an accompaniment to Boyhood---it's another story, essentially, on the same theme of how boys become men in American society. Boyhood focuses on how family shapes a boy, When the Game Stands Tall focuses more on how a community, peers, and school can shape a boy. It shows how sports, coaches, teachers, and mentors all can play a transformative role. It's a story about how boys can learn to reach out to each other for support and become truly strong because of their bonds and brotherhood. This is an awesome, important message and as a Mom I can't wait to take my 13-year-old son to see it. (By the way, I think it's a good movie for teen girls to see also. The boy characters have much more depth than your average movie teen- aged boys, and the conflicts they face are more realistic and compelling. I think this respect for the experience of teens and the difficulties of growing older will speak to teens of both sexes. )

The true spirit of De La Salle and what happens when teachers and coaches work for reasons of the heart rather than the pocketbook, comes through and is part of what was inspiring for me. If this bothers some cynics because they just can't believe it's for real, they need to put their cynicism aside and watch it for the awesome football action! Coach Lad, inspired to make a difference in the world, started out working in juvenile justice. He realized that it would be much easier to make a difference in the lives of boys if he started to work with them at a younger age, and that was a major reason he decided to become a high school teacher. They happened to have a teacher/ coaching position available at DLS in the early 80's--- and that's how this all came to be. The portrayal of Coach Lad is accurate except in real life he looks more like the football players he coaches, and he also has a great sense of humor and charisma that you see only a hint of in the film. Unlike your typical stereotyped coach, he is philosophical: how many football coaches do you know who double as religion teachers? As a Mom I love the messages to teen-aged boys and I got attached to many of the characters, understanding the struggles of young men in a way I never had before. I thought the tackles in football scenes were too real--they made me cringe. But the action was still awesome! This movie is so inspirational and thought-provoking that I will keep taking friends to see it as long as it's in the theater. This movie is an achievement!! And you don't have to be a sports nut to love it but if you are it's even better!

Here is the spoiler: -- Ladouceur not only masterminded the streak but retired with a record of 399-25-3 !