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This little town is really special
Wow, what a great family movie!!!

This movie is definitely worth your money.

The story is simple. Scott Murphy (Brian Presley) is a great quarterback for a small town high school football team that plays the Cinderella role in a state final championship game against a big time high school football team in Ohio. They end up winning the state championship on a great play by Scott, however, Scott gets severely injured, resulting in being crippled for life. We follow Scott for a while, 20 years later on the eve of a big celebration of the state championship, where all players are coming back to town for the 20th anniversary of their win. That is the first part of the movie (about 30 minutes). Scott gets somehow the opportunity to try to live these moments all over again while knowing what will happen. And we are in for 90 minutes of a very intense emotional performance by Kurt Russell, Brian Presley, Melaney Lynskey, and Christine Lahti. The script, the dialogues,...

One of the best movies I have seen in awhile
This movie is extremely good. I haven't seen such a great story telling movie in a long while. It's about a football player Scott, who is the star quarterback for his small town of Coldwater. He and his team gets to play in the State Finals for the championship. Scott and his team does defects the rival team, but at the costs of his left leg. Scott leg gets bended apart and is extremely hurt from his amazing play he did.

(What I found odd is that in the play his right leg got hurt in the play he did, but some how after the play his left leg is bended. I think this is a mistake on the director.)

Now, the movie fast forward to present time and Scott is now a framer/fireman and is family man with 2 kids and a wife. He has bum left leg and needs to be tie up with steel leg holder to keep it straight.

What is worse is that Scott is in trouble with the bank. He is at risks of lossing his farm and house to the bank, because he can't pay back his loan on time...

A really good family movie.
This is a really good family movie. It is a bit of "Back To The Future" and "It's A Wonderful Life" rolled into one. There is some foul language, but not much. There are some sexual references but not overtly obvious. I would recommend it for kids 10 and over to watch with their parents. It has a good moral....do you dwell on the "only ifs" of your past or do you play the cards that you are dealt and move on with your life.

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