Hometown Legend | | Cast : | Terry O'Quinn, Lacey Chabert | | Director : | James Anderson (VIII) | | Studio : | Warner Home Video | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned | | Released Date : | January 25, 2002 | | DVD Released Date : | June 01, 2004 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled) | | Audience Rating : | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | February 17, 2005 | | Summary | Disappointed! | Content
 | I ordered your movie "Hometown Legend" from CBD because it was portrayed as an inspirational, FAMILY movie. Since my 8 year old LOVES football and the most recent football movies at the theaters are NOT for kids I was thrilled to see this movie advertised w/ the Jenkins name on it. Imagine my surprise when it arrived and I saw that it was rated PG for language. I searched the internet, however, and everything I read said it had NO bad language in it. So we watched it. I guess by today's standards your movie would be labeled "tame", but by God's standards I found it disturbing. I just can't believe that you spent 108 minutes & who knows how much money to make a Godless movie. Aren't there enough of those out there? Sure, God was mentioned, but only in passing and in my opinion quite sarcastically and not as King of Kings & Lord of Lords! There were only a "couple" swear words, but quite a few places of crude humor as well as a teen love story (need I mention the teen girl's attire?!). Why? Were you trying to appeal to the unsaved audience? Isn't that what's wrong w/ our churches in this country? Unsaved people don't want to watch movies just like their own. They want to see a difference! Why didn't you make a difference?
I can't believe that I read review after review parading this movie as a great CHRISTIAN movie. I just don't see it. To me it was a lame attempt at making a feel good movie w/ just a tad enough religion so that it could be called "Christian" but just enough of the world that it would appeal to them. I believe in the Bible that is deemed "lukewarm". I bought this movie because I believed it would be a movie my son would watch over and over. However, that is not the case. I'm saddened that Christianity seems to be watered down in our country and even more sad that the very people I thought were helping the cause of Christ aren't doing that at all. At least not w/ THIS movie.
The bottom line is I expect what I saw from Disney, but not from you. What a missed opportunity!
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| Rating | | | Date | August 20, 2004 | | Summary | Finally A Non Preaching Christian Flavored Movie | Content
| As a Christian, I get very very very tired of "Christian" movies that always stick the Gospel in your face and pound the need for salvation over your head. I'm already saved. I don't need to see the plan of salvation every 10 minutes to be entertained.
Jenkins Entertainment in this film, while claiming they didn't intend for it to be "evangelical" in nature, does exactly that. Too many short-sighted Christians (like in some reviews I've read) like to stand in their pulpits and thump their Bibles and say any script that's not overly Christian or (GASP!) portrays Christians as real, flawed human beings isn't Christian or that the people creating the production are "turning away from God." Jenkins Entertainment proves you can be evangelical without the pulpit.
This movie has some strong Christian characters...and at points I think it's very overt in it's evangelical tone...but the characters are HUMAN BEINGS. I liked that. They were people I could know or have known over my life.
Now, that said, I came away a little disappointed by the movie. There were points I felt the film could have been trimmed a little bit and the flow and story of the film could have been enhanced. I had a hard time believing Lacey Chabert in her role...not the part itself in how it was written, just the actress playing the part. I couldn't buy her as being that character.
Overall, worth the price of a rental and a good movie for Family Movie Night. It's also one you could watch with your non-Christian friends and not be ashamed to be showing it to them (unlike a lot of "Christian" films that do not even match up to the quality of made for TV movies.) |
| Rating | | | Date | July 17, 2004 | | Summary | A good start... | Content
| Probably a good movie for adolescents (certainly as good as any other film in it's genre - 'Remember the Titans', 'Breaking Away', 'Hoosiers', ad infinitum) but not much meat for adults. The one thing that distinguishes this film from the others is it's Christian flavor, (the film was apparently made by those with a decidedly Christian world view) and that's worth noting. I have no doubt that many secularists were turned off by the repeated references to God, the explicit Christianity of a central character, and the overall lack of a profane tone to this pigskin flick. I'm sure they feel the movie was somehow besmirched by the injection of religious doctrine into a film that should have been left untainted in all it's football virginity. What's laughable is these folks don't realize how propagandized they've been through the years by all the other sports movies they've seen. Religion, specifically BORN AGAIN CHRISTIANITY, is a key, vital and central role to almost any successful football franchise at any level. From Reggie White to Deon Sanders to Kurt Warner, Joe Gibbs and Darrell Green (and those are just the pros!) football is led, filled with, and dominated by dedicated in-your-face Born Again Christians. The fact you see virtually NONE of that in almost all the other supposedly `realistic' football films, (Oliver Stone's Any Given Sunday and ESPN"s The Playmakers come first to mind) is an indictment of how hostile-Hollywood has scrubbed every vestige of Christianity from it's presentation of team sports in a manner that would've made the Soviet Union quite proud. Ever wonder about that? How come so many of the elite professional athletes are honest to goodness God worshippers, yet even the most modern films about these sports give, at best, a mere tip of the hat to `the man upstairs'? You cannot overstate the influence of born again Christianity in sports today. From the most recent #1 NBA draft choice to the MVP of last year's Super Bowl, these guys have all publicly and repeatedly declared how important Jesus is in their life. So, in that context, this film, despite being made with the hopes of at least being quasi-evangelical, is actually quite timid. (It's quite enlightening to see how Christians, even when making their OWN statement on the subject, are still so brow beaten by the hostile mainstream culture, that they tread so lightly.) Born again Christians, at least in this country, truly are a persecuted MAJORITY. BTW, I am not joining the cheap shot choir of those judging the film for childish reasons, like the alleged use of 'piss' or 'ass' in the dialogue. Sorry, superficiality is NOT a Godly character trait. (Perhaps, I should say is gnat.) Overall, the film is cute, has a nice unpredictable ending with silver linings, and is bereft of most of the schmaltzy stuff that dooms similar films of this ilk. However, the hot female protagonist is still sort of a `savior' to the unsaved football hero, which makes it no different than secular films in this regard. I mean, normally the woman flat out IS the flawed hero's savior. In this film, it's a Christian woman, but she's still nonetheless the one he `needs' to show him the way. Implicit message: Men need women to civilize them. Let them teach us about God. Not exactly Gen 2 if you catch my drift. Long story short. A small step for man, but not much of a leap for The Kingdom.
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| Rating | | | Date | July 17, 2004 | | Summary | A good start... | Content
| Probably a good movie for adolescents (certainly as good as any other film in it's genre - 'Remember the Titans', 'Breaking Away', 'Hoosiers', ad infinitum) but not much meat for adults. The one thing that distinguishes this film from the others is it's Christian flavor, (the film was apparently made by those with a decidedly Christian world view) and that's worth noting. I have no doubt that many secularists were turned off by the repeated references to God, the explicit Christianity of a central character, and the overall lack of a profane tone to this pigskin flick. I'm sure they feel the movie was somehow besmirched by the injection of religious doctrine into a film that should have been left untainted in all it's football virginity. What's laughable is these folks don't realize how propagandized they've been through the years by all the other sports movies they've seen. Religion, specifically BORN AGAIN CHRISTIANITY, is a key, vital and central role to almost any successful football franchise at any level. From Reggie White to Deon Sanders to Kurt Warner, Joe Gibbs and Darrell Green (and those are just the pros!) football is led, filled with, and dominated by dedicated in-your-face Born Again Christians. The fact you see virtually NONE of that in almost all the other supposedly `realistic' football films, (Oliver Stone's Any Given Sunday and ESPN"s The Playmakers come first to mind) is an indictment of how hostile-Hollywood has scrubbed every vestige of Christianity from it's presentation of team sports in a manner that would've made the Soviet Union quite proud. Ever wonder about that? How come so many of the elite professional athletes are honest to goodness God worshippers, yet even the most modern films about these sports give, at best, a mere tip of the hat to `the man upstairs'? You cannot overstate the influence of born again Christianity in sports today. From the most recent #1 NBA draft choice to the MVP of last year's Super Bowl, these guys have all publicly and repeatedly declared how important Jesus is in their life. So, in that context, this film, despite being made with the hopes of at least being quasi-evangelical, is actually quite timid. (It's quite enlightening to see how Christians, even when making their OWN statement on the subject, are still so brow beaten by the hostile mainstream culture, that they tread so lightly.) Born again Christians, at least in this country, truly are a persecuted MAJORITY. The film is cute, has a nice unpredictable ending demonstrating silver linings and is bereft of most of the schmaltzy stuff that dooms similar films of this ilk. However, the hot female protagonist is still sort of a `savior' to the unsaved football hero, which makes it no different than secular films in this regard. I mean, normally the woman flat out IS the flawed hero's savior. In this film, it's a Christian girl, but she's still the one who he `needs.' Unspoken message: Men need women to civilize them. Let them teach us about God. Not exactly Gen 2 if you catch my drift. Long story short. A small step for man, but not much of a leap for The Kingdom.
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| Rating | | | Date | May 07, 2004 | | Summary | Remember The Titans (LIGHT)! | Content
| If you have seen Remember The Titans, this movie is similar, but doesn't have the same UMPHHH... The movie has some good acting, some good dialogue, and a interesting storyline, but the crowds and background scenes lack the professional Hollywood character. The best thing about this movie is that you can watch it with the WHOLE family - young, old, in between, Christian, atheist, or any sports fan can enjoy this movie while sitting together. It has a universal appeal, with only a few scenes being over-acted by the cast. All in all, pretty good film. Just not as good as Remember The Titans. www.therunninggirl.com |
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