Invincible (2006)
A 2006 American sports drama film based on the true story of Vince, who played for the Philadelphia Eagles from 1976 to 1978 with the help of his coach, Dick Vermeil.
17 October 1940, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
20 May 1978, San Diego, California, USA
4 March 1947, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
18 February 1970, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
19 February 1979, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
3 October 1974, London, England, UK
2 September 1942, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
11 September 1951, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
14 May 1959, Hamlet, North Carolina, USA
3 February 1958, Boulder, Colorado, USA
October 30, 1980 in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, USA
17 June 1963, Logansport, Indiana, USA
28 October 1942, Chicago, Illinois, USA
October 14, 1996 in New Jersey, USA
27 November 1971, Brooklyn, New York, USA
22 May 1946, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
1 January 1955, USA
April 29, 2009
I wonder how many more of these inspirational sports films we have to sit through in 2006.
August 25, 2006
Even Papale's most famous play, recovering a fumble to set up a touchdown, is embellished, as if Disney can't bear to stick with the facts.
January 01, 2011
Inspiring sports-underdog story for tweens and up.
April 21, 2009
Screenwriter Brad Gann shares the guilt for this predictable cinematic travesty along with composer Mark Isham whose bombastic musical score is akin to hammering a nail with a shotgun blast.
July 06, 2010
Mark Whalberg is surprisingly good, delivering a likeness to the real Vince Papale that is uncanny.
September 16, 2006
There's a sugar coating to the way Papale's story unfolds, but not so much that you'll spoil your dinner.
August 25, 2006
Invincible is a working-class jock Cinderella fantasy with the sincerity of a beer commercial, the soul of a Republican incumbent, and the designer-flannel esthetics of an old Bruce Springsteen video.
January 22, 2010
It may seem that Invincible takes too long to get to the football. But by the time it does get down to it, we've invested enough in Wahlberg and Kinnear to give a damn about the outcome of the all-important Big Game.
August 25, 2006
What's modestly refreshing about the way this story is told by director Eric Core and writer Brad Gann, is that the person with the largest doubts about going pro is Papele himself.
February 02, 2009
Invincible is the story of Vince Papale, who was an actual figure -- a part-time bartender who went to a tryout, survived training camp, made the Eagles team, and became a Philadelphia legend.
August 25, 2006
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.
