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Alex Kendrick in Facing the Giants
  • Caption: Alex Kendrick in Facing the Giants
  • Description: Well, usually, anyway. Facing the Giants, the latest inspirationalfootball story to hit the big screen, tests the limits of this theory. When the players are on the field and the football is in the air, it's a surefire audience pleaser; when the action cools down and we're left with just the characters and the story, the fumbles start adding up awfully fast.
    A variation on the standard football movie plot, Facing the Giants takes place in a southern Christian high school, where coach Grant Taylor (Alex Kendrick, who also wrote and directed the film) is struggling to keep the school's football program alive. The team isn't winning, the players are apathetic, and some of the parents are trying to have Grant replaced. When we first see him go home to his wife, Brooke (Shannen Fields), we learn that Grant's also having problems off the field; in fact, the film begins stacking the odds so high against Grant that it flirts with outright melodrama—his car won't start, his home is in a state of disrepair, he and Brooke can't conceive, money is running out, and most folks just plain don't like him.
    Then, just when things seem like they can't get any worse, a stranger shows up in Grant's office and shares a Scripture verse, saying that the Lord sent him there. Suddenly, it's a whole new ballgame! Grant prays, gets inspired, and revamps his entire philosophy of coaching. His enthusiasm spreads to the whole team, and then the whole school, and suddenly, as Grant notes, it's "like a whole new team."

    Cast:
    Alex Kendrick (Grant Taylor), Shannen Fields (Brooke Taylor), Jason McLeod (Brock Kelley), James Blackwell (Matt Prater), Tracy Goode (Brady Owens)

    Directed by: Alex Kendrick
  • Actor/Actress/Director: Alex Kendrick
  • Movie: Facing the Giants
  • Id: 3550333
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