Movie · Drama · Sports

WHEN THE GAME STANDS TALL is based on the true story of Coach Bob Ladouceur (Jim Caviezel), the head coach of the De La Salle Spartans, the high school football team with the longest-running winning streak (151 games) in the history of the sport. Instead of following the team's winning years, the movie chronicles Coach Lad's tumultuous season guiding the troubled team that ultimately broke the streak. Once the team loses, they also lose their way, while at the same time dealing with a tragedy that strikes one of their most promising recent alums. And at home, Coach Lad must consider the personal cost of committing so much to a team, possibly at the expense of his wife (Laura Dern) and growing kids.

2014 · 1h 55m
Director Thomas Carter

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When the Game Stands Tall

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WHEN THE GAME STANDS TALL is based on the true story of Coach Bob Ladouceur (Jim Caviezel), the head coach of the De La Salle Spartans, the high school football team with the longest-running winning streak (151 games) in the history of the sport. Instead of following the team's winning years, the movie chronicles Coach Lad's tumultuous season guiding the troubled team that ultimately broke the streak. Once the team loses, they also lose their way, while at the same time dealing with a tragedy that strikes one of their most promising recent alums. And at home, Coach Lad must consider the personal cost of committing so much to a team, possibly at the expense of his wife (Laura Dern) and growing kids.

COMMON SENSE

Football biopic has positive messages but doesn't score.

TOMATOMETER
Average 4.6
Reviews 68
Fresh 14
Rotten 54

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Studio
Affirm Films; Mandalay Pictures
Released
2014
Run Time
1 hr 55 min
Rated
PG for thematic material, a scene of violence, and brief smoking.
Region of Origin
United States
© 2014 Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Languages

Original Audio
English
Audio

English (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩, AAC), French (France) (AAC), Spanish (Latin America) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (CC), English (United Kingdom) , Arabic , Bulgarian , Chinese, Traditional , Czech , Danish , Finnish , French (France) , German (Germany) , Greek , Hebrew , Hungarian , Italian (Italy) , Korean , Norwegian , Polish , Portuguese (Brazil) , Portuguese (Portugal) , Slovak , Slovenian , Spanish (Latin America) , Spanish (Spain) , Swedish , Thai

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.