Chris C Not sure if I would've gone out to watch this, but definitely would've rented the DVD, however, no it's on Encore. I think this would've been a more popular movie if more people knew about it and perhaps more money had been put into it. But I really enjoyed this movie, for me it had a lot of meaning. I thought the scenes with his mother were particularly powerful and profound. At the end of the day it's not about the money, the best looking girl or biggest house, it's about being happy with what you have. I also liked the scenes of him going back and trying to correct the things he had done wrong...who wouldn't want to be able to do that?

chrisf-848-101787 I give it a ten sleeper. It did not appeal to me but I had some time so I watched it. What a life lesson!!! Its a good reminder that if we want change make it happen stop living in the past. Kurt Russell has always been a favorite actor and his attitude is contagious. I loved it, its a little slow at times but adds to the suspense even tho you know what is probably going to happen...Modern Its a wonderful life.Ten lines huh??? Well that was all I had to say I was trying to be concise I would hope that would suffice. However, I didn't realize ten lines was so hard to write when I had run out of things to write they shouldn't make you write ten lines. But, there you go this is ten lines for your comment page.

dansview This is not a good movie, but....it has many lovely qualities. That comment supports my theory that just because a movie is bad overall, does not mean you will waste your time watching it. I take note of setting, photography, acting, and any aspects of plot that jar significant thoughts in me.I'll go the next step...this movie is terrible, but I had a good time. I don't regret my Red Box purchase at all. It cost 4 dollars less than it would have at Blockbuster too.Before I go any further, let me call this a cross between Peggy Sue Got Married, It's a Wonderful Life, and Dancer, Texas.The movie takes place at the end of a high school football season in Ohio. I am not a Meteorologist, but wouldn't it be kind of cold? There is no indication of cold weather.The main character is one of the top football quarterbacks in the state, heading for a scholarship at Ohio State University, a football powerhouse. But he is only 5'10 and one half, according to IMDb's bio. of the actor who played him. That is clear throughout the film, as he looks up, literally, to his coach and teammates. Elite quarterbacks are never that height, with the exception of Doug Flutie. They are usually between 6'2 and 6'7. So I had to try to ignore that.The character goes back in time, but there is exactly ZERO explanation for how that happened. A 10-year-old could come up with that plot device without explanation. Just have a character fall asleep or pass out, and wake up in the past. It's like not doing your math homework, but expecting a passing grade anyways. It was too hard to think of some kind of Science Fiction explanation, so they just said, "Forget about it." The characters were around 35 in real life, while playing high school students. Perhaps it would have been wiser to have young actors play the youthful versions of our protagonists.Almost every cliché of a film about a broke farmer and/or small town football, is exploited in this film: loan problems, crop failure,corny locker room speeches, buddies, jocks, nerds, shallow cheerleaders, you name it.OK. Enough criticism. What I loved about the picture, was the emphasis on the unity and subtle delights of a small rural town. I also loved the fact that a couple winds up together due to happenstance, because that is true to life. Often we plan for one thing, but life happens while we are making those other plans, as the saying goes. Unlikely couples are more common than we realize.The acting is decent. Kurt Russell's character is clichéd, but he has a few good moments, when he explains the value of a small town. The girl from the T.V. show Two and a half Men was excellent. She looked the part and pulled off the role with commitment. Christine Lahti's role was not super demanding, but she gave it some soul, and the main guy, Brian Presley, whom I have never heard of, did an adequate job, considering the fact that jocks are not known for a range of emotions.I would have liked to see him show more emotion, but perhaps the writers and Director did not ask for that.Overall, a film worth watching, for its' basic message of appreciation for the life and love you have, mild football action, and a quaint setting.

zardoz-13 Kurt Russell was the chief reason I saw writer/director Dan Handfield's fantasy football epic "Touchback," and I can understand why Russell wanted to appear in this movie. This represents the first time that Russell has played a character older than his actual age. He is cast as a small town Ohio football coach who has no problem living in the butt end of nowhere. Brian Presley plays the protagonist, highly ranked football quarterback Scott Murphy, who has been touted as "Mr. Football." During a game against a team that lives only to smash their opponents because they have such bigger players, Scott scores a last quarter touchdown and defeats them. Unfortunately, when the two opposing team players take Scott down, they injure his leg so seriously that he winds up crippled for life and cannot enter college ball. Years later, after Scott has married the woman of his dreams, confined himself to the small town of Coldwater, and gotten himself deeply debt farming his wife's father's land, he contemplates suicide. Yes, "Touchback" resembles "It's A Wonderful Life" because our honest, hard-working farmer, whose debt has been called in and whose land has been put up for sale, shoves a wet rag in the exhaust pipe of his pick-up truck and tries to kill himself. Before he dies, he awakens to find himself back in high school for a second time. The premise of "Touchback" is would you change your life if you had a second chance. This movie clocks in just shy of two hours, but it is worth what it takes to sit through it. Initially, when I saw it on home video, I paid only passing attention to it, but after a while, I started to get into the spirit. Sure, Handfield serves up a sloppy amount of schmaltz, but this feel-good saga is something that snags you the same way turf snags cleats. The football scenes are well staged. Christine Lahti contributes a moving performance as the hero's hard-working, trailer mom.