INVINCIBLE
starring: mark wahlberg, greg kinnear, elizabeth banks...
director: ericson core
writer: brad gann
date: 09/05/06
reviewer: Clarkey
rating: 7.5/10
As most people know, I love my sports movies (hell, I made a top 50 sports movies list). I can’t help it. I’m a sucker for them, so when I saw the trailer for Invincible, I wanted to check it out. It was your typical Disney sports movie with an inspiring story, a likeable lead and some solid sports scenes.
Marky Mark was solid as the real-life Vince Papale, a 30 year old Bartender from South Philly, who followed his heart and made the Philadelphia Eagles. Papale was like the thousands of Philadelphians who were struggling to make ends meet, when the new Eagles’ coach, the legendary Dick Vermeil (played brilliantly by Greg Kinnear) decided to hold an open tryout. Out of the hundreds of useless bums who go, Vince is the only one who can actually play football. I especially liked how Papale doubted himself, it shows the human side of the character and Wahlberg did a great job bringing that out in his portrayal. His love interest just happens to be a Giants fan, played by the always gorgeous Elizabeth Banks. The girl is moving up and up on my favourite actresses because she has the deadly combo: talent and beauty. Vince’s friends are played relatively unknowns and they don’t have much screen time. There were no real standouts. Marky Mark was in almost every single frame, except for those with Greg Kinnear at his home.
The film had a G rating and is a very clean movie. It’s definitely a good movie to take the kids to see, knowing that parents will get as much out of this film as kids, if not more. It is a truly inspiring movie. It has a lot of parallels to Rudy with a little “older” guy underdog who fights through adversity to achieve his dreams. However, Invincible just didn’t have the likeable secondary characters as Rudy did (i.e. Jon Favreau and Ned Beatty to name a few) or constant struggle that Rudy faced. Vince’s struggles were hard, no doubt, but in the film, they appear pretty easy compared to what Rudy faced. However, Invincible is still a great movie in its own right. If you like sports movies, especially football movies, you should see this movie.
director: ericson core
writer: brad gann
date: 09/05/06
reviewer: Clarkey
rating: 7.5/10
As most people know, I love my sports movies (hell, I made a top 50 sports movies list). I can’t help it. I’m a sucker for them, so when I saw the trailer for Invincible, I wanted to check it out. It was your typical Disney sports movie with an inspiring story, a likeable lead and some solid sports scenes.
Marky Mark was solid as the real-life Vince Papale, a 30 year old Bartender from South Philly, who followed his heart and made the Philadelphia Eagles. Papale was like the thousands of Philadelphians who were struggling to make ends meet, when the new Eagles’ coach, the legendary Dick Vermeil (played brilliantly by Greg Kinnear) decided to hold an open tryout. Out of the hundreds of useless bums who go, Vince is the only one who can actually play football. I especially liked how Papale doubted himself, it shows the human side of the character and Wahlberg did a great job bringing that out in his portrayal. His love interest just happens to be a Giants fan, played by the always gorgeous Elizabeth Banks. The girl is moving up and up on my favourite actresses because she has the deadly combo: talent and beauty. Vince’s friends are played relatively unknowns and they don’t have much screen time. There were no real standouts. Marky Mark was in almost every single frame, except for those with Greg Kinnear at his home.
The film had a G rating and is a very clean movie. It’s definitely a good movie to take the kids to see, knowing that parents will get as much out of this film as kids, if not more. It is a truly inspiring movie. It has a lot of parallels to Rudy with a little “older” guy underdog who fights through adversity to achieve his dreams. However, Invincible just didn’t have the likeable secondary characters as Rudy did (i.e. Jon Favreau and Ned Beatty to name a few) or constant struggle that Rudy faced. Vince’s struggles were hard, no doubt, but in the film, they appear pretty easy compared to what Rudy faced. However, Invincible is still a great movie in its own right. If you like sports movies, especially football movies, you should see this movie.
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