Elizabeth Banks, Greg Kinnear, Kevin Conway

This is the true story of Vince Papale, who became a member of the Philadelphia Eagles football team as a 30-year-old in an open tryout. He is the oldest rookie to make an NFL team (excluding kickers)...( read more  read more... ) who never played college ball.

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125 critics

PG, 1 hr. 44 min.

Directed by: Ericson Core

Release Date: August 25, 2006

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DVD Release Date: December 19, 2006

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  • October 19, 2008
    Pretty decent flick, especially considering I don't care about sports. The biggest problem I had w/ it is that everything's pretty predictable. I mean, hey, it's a Disney movie. :p
  • October 19, 2008
    this is a solid flick. ive become a bit numb to sports movies over the years because of their predictable formulas, and although this followed many of those, i enjoyed it. it was shot well and entertained.
  • July 3, 2008
    A pretty solid inspirational sports flick with Mark Wahlberg in the lead. He plays Philly's local hero Vince Papale who started out as a bartender and made his way through NFL. A true underdog story based on a true story. If it comes to sports in films, you'll never go wrong with...( read more) football. From "Remember the Titans" to "Gridiron Gang" and even "The Longest Yard", its the most enjoyable to watch even if you don't have a first hand clue about the rules and such. Like me, I just love those quarterbacks tackling each other like hell.

    If you want a feel good movie with some added football in the mix, then I suggest you go see this one.

    4/5
  • February 18, 2008
    Vince Papale is a thirty year old bartender from Philadelphia. Struggling to get by and dealing with his wife leaving him, Papale takes advice from his friends and tries out for the Philadelphia Eagles. Through remarkable odds, Papale makes the team thru grit and determination to...( read more) become the NFL?s oldest rookie at age thirty. Papale quickly excels to become an inspiration to a city struggling through high unemployment and long worker strikes.
    Invincible is a third gold struck by Disney in their efforts to bring inspiring Sports Drama stories to the silver screen. They scored big with the Rookie and Miracle; Invincible continues on that strong path of great sports movies. Like the other two, Invincible is not just for the sports nut this movie for the whole family. The movie is well acted by Mark Wahlberg who portrays a gritty performance as Vince Papale. The direction is strong, but most of the entire story is heart warming and inspirational. Invincible receives four and half footballs out of five for being a great family drama and an amazing inspirational story.
  • January 1, 2008
    Definetly one of the superior sport films....Great and inspiring...Good shit, i liked it
  • October 29, 2009
    Cool teen movie and manly film...
  • October 23, 2009
    Good movie to watch when your asleep
  • October 15, 2009
    A true-life sports underdog film (Mark Wahlberg trying out for the Philadelphia Eagles when he's only ever played with his mates in a yard) and if you like that sort of thing, its a good one to look out for. As it's Disney, you know exactly what's going to happen and then it gra...( read more)tifyingly does.
  • September 30, 2009
    J'ai bien apprécié le film.
  • September 29, 2009
    It was well meaned, and truely, and seriously flawed.

Critic Reviews


August 25, 2006
Claudia Puig, USA Today

It may not break new ground, but Invincible is an entertaining film, awash in clichés but leavened by the charismatic performance of Mark Wahlberg as Vince Papale. full review

August 25, 2006
Kyle Smith, The Movie Insider

The relaxed feel is what makes it so likable: This movie is grounded full review

August 25, 2006
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle

As much as I wanted to root for Invincible, its protagonist comes across as neither ebullient nor vivacious. full review

August 25, 2006
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

There's a danger in reducing pictures like this to the sum of their lessons, at the expense of recognizing them as satisfying, if flawed, genre exercises. full review

August 25, 2006
Pete Hammond, Maxim

If this movie doesn't make you want to stand up and cheer you probably don't have a pulse. A rousing achievement on every level. full review

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  • wick98
    February 10, 2007
    It could've been that I watched this after Blood Diamond, but I thought this movie was VERY, VERY, VERY MEDIOCRE. I honestly didn't find many things that were good about it. Their overuse of the orange filter to make the setting of the 1970s obvious, just pissed me off. It looked like crap and it didn't work overly well.

    Also, mediocre performances, a shitty script, and typical boring directing, lead to a mediocre product. This isn't anything special and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

    What the Hell is up with these 4-5 star reviews? Please, watch a good film.
  • devilsdemon85
    September 15, 2006
    i wanna watch dis....
  • gemelosk8
    September 14, 2006
    that boy leaves in the movie the four brothers
  • aldonae95
    September 13, 2006
    I think Mark is so HOT !! lol
  • CodyFoster
    August 31, 2006
    movie was freakin awesome...great movie...highly recommend it...whether you like sports movies or not...good stuff
  • YlowBstard
    August 28, 2006
    I've seen almost every sports underdog movie around, and IMO, Invincible ranks with the best.
  • littletofu37
    August 18, 2006
    I'm just gonna see the movie to see the preview for the Eragon movie haha lol but i dont know it looks ok im not a huge fan of sports movies bu what the hey to me its worth paying 5 bucks to see a preview for Eragon ;) oh and wahoo first to comment haha lol.

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