We’ll all be hearing a lot about “When the Game Stands Tall” in the coming weeks before the movie adaptation opens nationwide Aug. 22, preceded by red-carpet fanfare not just in Hollywood on ...

This week sees the release of the true story of the De La Salle High School football team in “When the Game Stands Tall.” The movie itself tries to be an inspirational Christian film with ...

The New Orleans-shot sports drama "When the Game Stands Tall" opens in theaters Friday (Aug. 22), telling the inspirational story behind the story of the California high-school football team that ...

WHEN THE GAME STANDS TALL (PG). Religious faith, purity of spirit, hard work and selfless loyalty are the qualities celebrated in this earnest but plodding parable, based on the career of real ...

The religion of high-school football commingles with old-fashioned religion in “When the Game Stands Tall,” an inspirational sports drama long on sermonizing and short on gridiron thrills.

"When the Game Stands Tall" is a solid if unsurprising and uninspiring melodrama built around high school football, faith-based but "Friday Night Lite." It's the latest of that peculiar sub-genre ...

Perfection is impossible. That's the message of the fact-based "When the Game Stands Tall," a by-the-book sports drama based on the storied De La Salle Spartans, the high school football team ...

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Patient and low-key, “When the Game Stands Tall” looks at a hotshot high school football team that, after a 151-game win streak, lost its mojo via off-field crises.

‘When the Game Stands Tall’: Film Review. This true-life sports drama starring Jim Caviezel recounts the remarkable winning streak of a California high school football team.

In a sense, "When the Game Stands Tall" the Hollywood-ization of De La Salle High School's legendary Spartans football team -- is about what it's not about. It's not about winning.