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FACING THE GIANTS (not yet rated, PG): Grant Taylor (Alex Kendrick) coaches the Eagles, a Christian high school football team on a losing streak. That, combined with news that he and his wife, Brooke (Shannen Fields), are unable to have children, results in Grant becoming depressed.
He rediscovers his faith in God by reading the Bible. In addition, he is reminded that faith can help the team win in life, beyond the limits of a football field. Grant and the Eagles face giants in a kind of David and Goliath contest.
Rumor has it that the PG (parental guidance) rating was given because the film’s content is unabashedly evangelical Christian. But it’s the themes of infertility and depression that move the film beyond a G rating.
This rather simplistic, stilted and somewhat boring film is more of a sermon than a movie that inspires. Although well-intentioned, it will not appeal to most Catholic Christian sensibilities. The producers went for evangelical-style drama, but it could have used some creative subtlety and originality. Besides, how many football movies do we really need? (Proceeds will go to the Sherwood Baptist Church for a 40-acre recreational park for youth in Albany, Georgia.) Mature themes.
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