While Brandon's own faith never wavers, the film cross-examines Christian pieties and even faith itself to a greater degree than any other faith-based film I can think of.

Greater loses its way from the get-go; you can't root for an underdog who is sleepwalking through his own movie.

Just sweet enough and slick enough to appeal to pigskin fans and Christian family audiences.

It doesn’t work. It’s treacly, poorly acted, badly written, and blandly directed. And honestly, I’m a little offended that his gravestone is marked with his football achievements.