{"id":522,"date":"2014-07-25T07:09:17","date_gmt":"2014-07-25T11:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=522"},"modified":"2024-01-27T16:24:51","modified_gmt":"2024-01-27T21:24:51","slug":"undefeated-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=522","title":{"rendered":"Undefeated-2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Undefeated-2011<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Director Daniel Lindsay, T.J. Martin<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring Montrail &#8220;Money&#8221; Brown<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott&#8217;s Review #134<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/70177633.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1143\" src=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/70177633-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"70177633\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/70177633-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/70177633.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reviewed July 25, 2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade: B<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Undefeated (2011) is an emotional documentary, a true story of a high school football coach brought into a struggling, poor, suburban Memphis area high school and leading the team to a championship title.<\/p>\n<p>The story of the coach taking various students under his wing, father figure style, and helping them succeed in, not only football but scholastics as well is inspiring and heartwarming.<\/p>\n<p>The coach\u2019s passion shines through to the viewer in this story.<\/p>\n<p>As wonderful a story as it is, I felt slightly let down by it as, yet again, the slant on the story is of an affluent white family swooping into a poor black neighborhood and saving the black kids with their mighty influence.<\/p>\n<p>Why can\u2019t we see a film that is the reverse?<\/p>\n<p>In the twenty-first century, this is becoming slightly offensive and one-sided. It is The Blind Side (2009) with real people!<\/p>\n<p>With that rant made, the documentary is pretty awe-inspiring and the coach is portrayed as a fantastic, truly caring human being. I laughed, cried, and rooted for the struggling football team to victory.<\/p>\n<p>The portion on what has since happened to the football players is interesting to see.<\/p>\n<p>Undefeated won the Best Documentary Oscar in 2012.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oscar Nominations: 1 win-<\/strong>Best Documentary-Feature <strong>(won)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Undefeated-2011 Director Daniel Lindsay, T.J. Martin Starring Montrail &#8220;Money&#8221; Brown Scott&#8217;s Review #134 Reviewed July 25, 2014 Grade: B Undefeated (2011) is an emotional documentary, a true story of a high school football coach brought into a struggling, poor, suburban Memphis area high school and leading the team to a championship title. 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