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Invincible

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  • Title: Invincible
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Invincible is a nice little film.  More about relationships and dreams than football, the film tells the true story of a part-time bartender who earned a chance to play professional football, and how achieving his dream changed the world of everyone around him.  A little sappy?  Maybe, but it’s and engaging, passionate, and well made film that will pull you in and entertain you.  It’s the perfect family film for the summer.

The film starts out with the credit sequence to an old Jim Croce song, so I’m set.  Invincible makes all the right small decisions in tone, scope, story, and character.  What easily could have been a cheap movie of the week sports story (see Peaceful Warrior) becomes an engaging film about friendship, love, and chasing you dreams.

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Stick It

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  • Title: Stick It
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Once you realize the film isn’t going to be Bring It On and accept for being what it is (which is both more and less) you can really enjoy yourself.  The movie contains the same level of writing but as Jessica Bendinger takes the place behind the camera this time you get a more emotional, intelligent, and well-rounded film that if not quite as funny still provides some great one-liners and humorous moments without going for all the easy jokes.

Tough chick Haley Graham (Missy Peregrym) gets into the trouble with the law and is sent away to a gymastic camp run by Burt Vickerman (Jeff Bridges).  Haley isn’t exactly welcomed with open arms because of her past experience where she quit the gymnastic team during competition losing them all a shot at the gold.  Despite a mountain of talent her disrespect for how the sport is run and past experiences make it hard for her to get back on the horse and train with the other girls (Vanessa Lengies, Nikki SooHoo, Tarah Paige).

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