Woodlawn
Set in 1973, the movie tells the story of a gifted high school football player who must learn to embrace his talent and his faith as he battles racial tensions on and off the field to become the first African American superstar. Tony Nathan.
6 May 1954, USA
7 December 1966, Los Angeles, California, USA
19 September 1973, Swindon, England, UK
9 March 1962
30 April 1972, Princeton, West Virginia, USA
14 September 1965, Marietta, Georgia, USA
29 May 1917, Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
13 July 1955, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
October 20, 2015
"Remember the Titans" + "Facing the Giants" + "Rudy" = "Woodlawn"!
October 19, 2015
Until the balance tips rather too blatantly toward the latter during the final minutes, the overall narrative mix of history lesson, gridiron action and spiritual uplift is effectively and satisfyingly sustained.
October 24, 2015
'Woodlawn' hits spiritual pay dirt.
October 18, 2015
Entertaining, Inspiring, Gripping True Story
October 23, 2015
Heartwarming fact-based drama about faith, race, football.
October 19, 2015
Sports and religion are a potent combination, one that siblings Jon and Andrew Erwin (October Baby, Mom's Night Out) exploit to canny effect in their new film based on the real-life Woodlawn High School football team.
October 17, 2015
Sure, it's an evangelical "Remember the Titans," but at least the Erwin brothers have made an effort, parochially speaking, to go outside the lines.
October 20, 2015
It's hard to buy that this brand of Christianity is fighting for the rights of the minority while so clearly throwing their own weight around as the majority religion.
October 14, 2015
The Erwins' latest film leans heavily on a genre formula, but it is better than most "Christian" films.
October 29, 2015
The unintentional message here? What integrated Alabama wasn't Christian brotherhood, but Alabama's REAL state religion -- football.
October 16, 2015
Enough of the flick worked for me to give it a slight recommendation. (Full Content Review - Violence, etc. - for Parents also available)
February 21, 2016
A film taken with the singular American delusion that Jesus loves football... though it also throws in a new delusion: Jesus hates the U.S. Constitution.
