IMDb plot summary: The story of NFL MVP and Hall of Fame quarterback Kurt Warner, who went from stocking shelves at a supermarket to becoming an American Football star.
Directed by Andrew Erwin and Jon Erwin. Starring Zachary Levi, Anna Paquin, and Hayden Zaller.
American Underdog tells the true story of NFL player Kurt Warner, who took an unorthodox path to the professional leagues and had to fight extra hard along the way. Or, well, that's how the movie sets it up. It's the kind of movie that feels so fake and rose-colored that it's hard for me to believe any of this happened the way it did. I'm sure plenty of it did, I'm just so emotionally disconnected from it that I'm not invested in what did and didn't. About 20 minutes into this, I wondered if it was a Christian movie, and sure enough, it's a Christian production company. There's certainly better production quality and acting in this than you find in a lot of Christian films, but it still has the same glossy inspirational veneer that keeps me at an emotional distance from most of them. Of course, sports underdog biopics inherently have some of that inspirational feel to them, but this takes that and then strips away any personality from it. I am sure this movie is for someone, it's just absolutely not for me.
How it entered my Flickchart:
American Underdog < Ripley's Game
American Underdog < Heidi (1937)
American Underdog > Penelope
American Underdog > Cinderella (2021)
American Underdog < Shadows and Fog
American Underdog < Pontoffel Pock, Where Are You?
American Underdog > Maleficent
American Underdog > Robots
American Underdog < VeggieTales: Larry-Boy and the Fib from Outer Space!
American Underdog > Without a Clue
American Underdog < Meet the Parents
Final spot: #2911 out of 3641, or 20%.
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