In the spirit of so many films created for the small screen, My All American works way too hard to make sure our heartstrings are pulled — and actually yanked hard from start to finish.
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Arizona Republic
Bill Goodykoontz
The movie is much like its hero, Freddie — straightforward, sweet, hard-working and predictable.
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Slant Magazine
Kenji Fujishima
All of the film's nuances are ultimately negated by the its relentless canonization of its subject.
Angelo Pizzo knows inspirational sports drama. As the writer of “Hoosiers” and “Rudy,” Pizzo has made a career out of mining the genre and its themes of underdog determination and locker-room brotherhood. But he’s overmatched in his directing debut, the well-intentioned football biopic My All American.