5th Quarter [Blu-ray] Reviews

An inspirational sports tearjerker that’s too light on the athletics and too heavy on the waterworks, Rick Bieber’s The 5th Quarter isn’t so much a poor film as a fairly unnecessary one. So many previous sports movies about champion teams born from inspiring places have come before it, and this one, based on a true story, brings nothing new to the table. It’s very well acted and reasonably true to the real-life events, but one watches it knowing how manipulative it all is and how stacked the decks are with its overuse of motivational music and the overly pious dialogue.

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