melisaquinones Don't let the low scores fool you into not watching this movie. It is genuine, deep, moving and a feel-good movie. Well-written and a really good cast. Do yourself and your family a favor and watch it, together.

kosmasp You gotta believe. If you don't, it don't matter much, because there are others who do and they will persevere. Something along those lines could be the message of the movie. It doesn't mean that everything will always be good, but you can either be a cynic about it or enjoy this for what it is.Based on a true story this surely takes liberties (no pun intended). I'm pretty sure that other believes may have similar inspirational stories, so depending on your stance and your willingness to dive into the Christianity aspect of it (and all the hurdles thrown into its way of course). If you can and want to, get to watching, otherwise forget about it.

Davis P This movie is next installment in Christian films made by the movie company, PureFlix. PureFlix is also the company that brought us the God's Not Dead films, so obviously I was not expecting all that much. I held out hope for Woodlawn, I was hoping it would be an improvement, that maybe, just maybe they would learn from their mistakes with previous films, but they did not. Alright, for starters, the acting was very disappointing, this is supposed to be a powerful, moving story, and the actors' performances should show that, but they seemed totally unengaged. There were many scenes that were just plain cheesy and fake looking. Sean Astin, oh my, has it come to this?? His performance was the weakest of all. Also, Jon Voight was completely stale and lackluster, no energy whatsoever in his acting here. This movie is so formulaic and unoriginal, you can pretty much predict almost every single thing that is going to happen. And they are not even trying to hide the blatantly obvious fact that this is a propaganda film, The advertisements and phone numbers to call during the final credits cemented that fact. That was very disappointing, like I totally understand it's a Christian film, but there is a difference between a Christian movie and a Christian propaganda movie, just tell the story, without the advertisements. The movie is just simply weak, I am not disrespecting the story it is based off of, or the Christian beliefs that are expressed. I am simply saying that the filmmakers were weak in this screen adaptation, they didn't do the story it is based of off justice. No redeeming qualities here, 1/10 for Woodlawn.

Bob Rutzel The problems started in Birmingham, Alabama when forced integration was imposed. The time is the 1970s and Alabama is a hot bed of racial tensions and what happened here with the Woodlawn High School football team can be truly called a miracle. The positive impact of what this team did to help themselves and the community is still going on today. This is based upon a true story.I mention Tony Nathan above as many may know who he is. I had no idea who he was at the time, but he could run routes unlike any other and even caught the attention of Paul "Bear" Bryant, (Jon Voight) the legendary Coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide.This all starts with the entrance as self described Evangelist known as Hank (Sean Astin). He just shows up one day and some of us thought he was not real, was never really there or was an Angel (Thinking big, are we?) Hmmm? Then the miracle aspect would have made sense. After some resistance, he gets the team to come together by praying together and it works. They come together as a team and learn to rely on each other to win. Of course, we see the High School Superintendent as vigorously opposed to all this and threatens the Woodlawn Coach Gerelds (Nic Bishop). In time the prayer fest spreads throughout the community and, at one point, this also spreads to one of Woodlawn's fiercest rivals, the Banks Jets.The story is indeed inspirational and well acted throughout. But one of the real winners in here is the music that will "pump you up" and even get you to cheering when you had no intention of doing so. (Was that really you jumping up and down?)The football game scenes are nothing but brutal and I made several doctor appointments. Although this is preachy in places, you need to remember that this is all true and what happened because of it may be considered a miracle. Racial tensions in the 1970s in the South were real and, in many ways, are still real. Again, the impact of what happened in Woodlawn and Birmingham is still going on and this is a good thing. Again, this is well worth your time. Jon Voight as Paul "Bear" Bryant outdoes himself and you only see Paul "Bear" Bryant and this is quite a treat.Stay to the end to see what happened to : Tony Nathan, Coach Gerelds, Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant, QB Jeff Rutledge played by Richard Kohnke, and the Banks Jets Coach played by C. Thomas Howell. (9/10)Violence: Yes. Sex: No. Nudity: No. Language: No