Facing the Giants

2006 "Never give up. Never back down. Never lose faith."
Facing the Giants
6.5| 1h51m| PG| en| More Info
Released: 29 September 2006 Released
Producted By: Destination Films
Country: United States of America
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Official Website: http://www.facingthegiants.com/
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A losing coach with an underdog football team faces their giants of fear and failure on and off the field to surprising results.

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DKosty123 Perhaps it is appropriate to make a movie in 2006 on faith and $100,000 dollars. It is entirely filmed in Georgia. It is filmed on Faith. It is consistant. It is a sports story that really is cliche, especially in this season.A coach is down on his luck and never seems to get a break. After 6 losing years he appears to be packing his bags to leave. Before season 7 even begins, hwe loses his star player to another team. Then he starts the season with 3 losses. His wife can't get a family started. His car is a rust bucket of bolts on wheels. Then something happens, he finds faith. He believes he can turn things around. He gives in and asks for God's help. Here, years before the sports media makes a huge mistake by not realizing what it means, the coach and his entire team take a knee and pray for God to help (this film recognizing that taking a knee is praying, not protesting). Suddenly, things turn around. Things occur that are truly a miracle. The coach gets a new truck. The team starts winning. Belief starts working miracles. Everything starts to change. Faith begins to prevail. The team makes the state playoffs. Then they lose in the first round. It's not over yet.The coaches wife isn't feeling right, and the team gets a reprive that only faith can provide, and rally it into a state championship. Everyone gets a chance to see the Giants lose, again, though here they are undefeated until they lose. The winner is faith. It does get a little preachy. But it brings a warm feeling to the heart. This kind of story always does.That is the reason to watch this, to root for the miracle. If there were justice and faith, always, life would be so much more. This movie proves what life can be, a miracle. It is the light on "The Other Side." https://youtu.be/vlpvWJEW3ss
neppie The tagline of this film should be "Believe in Jesus, and God will bless you with a new truck, disqualify the opposing team and make you pregnant". It is unforgiving Christian propaganda that will no doubt be reassuring to the blissfully faithful. For a more inspirational, better made and less preachy film, I'd recommend "Hoosiers", which this movie clearly borrows (steals?) from, only twisting the plot for its own agenda. Director Alex Kendrick has made Albany, GA, USA a Christian film empire of the world, and I least applaud him for that, because the area can benefit from any economic opportunities.
feraghi It's Holy Week in Greece, and wanted to watch something closest possible to the spirituality of these days. Yesterday i was glad to watch the "Gospel of John" (2003). What happened today? Did God punish me because i'm not a good Christian, and subconsciously suggested me to watch this movie? Of course not. I'm probably not a good Christian, but this is not the point. Like everyone else, i have free will, so i could have picked a European or a Russian film to watch. Mea culpa, but i'd like to say a few words… Mr. Kendrick (if you ever read this), please do me a favor (and a favor to yourself) and reconsider some things: God is not Aladdin's lamp. He doesn't give us championships, success, new cars, great relationships, better wages. Most of God's people suffer during their lives. Most of Jesus' disciples, and saints, they have been tortured and died as martyrs. Can't forget of a modern orthodox saint who carried several health problems and finally died from cancer. He was so purified that he was connected with the Uncreated Light (or Tabor Light) of God. This elder had healed and saved many others, but never asked God to take away not even one of his sufferings. In addition, he asked God to "plant" him the cancer. He once said: "all these people who visit me, they have terrible problems: Family problems, problems with drugs, or cancers. I'm a monk, so i can't have family or drug problems. But i asked Lord to send me at least the cancer, so i'd share some of the pain of His children". This is called "humbleness", "sacrifice" and "love". Christianity should have been built around those terms, not around American (or any other) dreams. After all, God is not a capitalist or a patriot, neither a communist or a friend of one nation (or of a football team) and an enemy of an other. He doesn't care about things we (people) consider as significant (money, politics, lifestyle, success etc). Do you really think that this kind of movies can bring people closer to God? Honestly, i wouldn't like to believe there's a bad (f.e. misleading) or a selfish (f.e. profit) intention behind the film, but i believe it can work in the opposite (of the desirable) way. There are many who could think God is a kind of Santa Claus. If they try to approach Him the way it's suggested here (ask for insignificant things, read couple of Bible's parts and attach them in a silly way inside their daily activities, provoke God for signs, pray loud or in public, and children tell their dads they will be good kids and obedient to their "authority"), God will not answer. He certainly won't (of course there's a possibility for some to explain simple events under the term of "miracles", but this is a different story). What could be the result of this way? They will turn away from any other try or will to get closer to God, they will become atheists (which is "cool" nowadays), or they will fall in a deep dream that maybe one day their expectations will be fulfilled (by praying louder, or with being more obedient to the "authorities"?). As for the "giants", the only "giants" we have to face, are the ones inside our minds. The "giants" of vanity, ambition, pride, selfishness, complacent, lust and insecurity. We all have them. I have them. But we can do better. Movies like this they won't help, but i'm pretty sure that Mr. Kendrick can do better than that too.
aspringborn This movie was really a realistic movie even though it was not based on a real life event. The lighting was overall very natural without using any special effects. Sound was overall natural. The Cinematography is overall basic but very high quality work. The only basic effects they use in the film is transitioning an fading out based on highlight reals and/or transistors from one mood to another. The tone of the film and the characters was like a roller coaster. The coach's family was struggling. They were believers but they had to learn with God anything is possible by praying and having total faith within Him. Ever since then, a lot blessings happened. Someone got the the teacher/coach and his wife a new vehicle. Then the coach motivated his football team about putting God first and teaching his players having faith and about doing there best. They lost once they reached the playoffs and then with a special chance from God; and they took advantage of that and won the state Championship. This film is slightly comparable with God's Not Dead and other Christian movies.