Invincible (2006 film)
- Mark Wahlberg: Vince Papale
- Greg Kinnear: Dick Vermeil
- Elizabeth Banks: Janet Cantrell
- Kevin Conway: Frank Papale
- Michael Rispoli: Max Cantrell
- Lola Glaudini: Sharon Papale
- Paige Turco: Carol
Invincible - The dream of his life ( Invincible ) is an American sports film from 2006, loosely based on the biography of the NFL football player Vince Papale.
Action
Vince Papale is a 30 -year-old football fan of the Philadelphia Eagles as a bartender and substitute teacher more bad than good through life is reflected, for which he is criticized by his wife. When he loses his job as a substitute teacher admits she made the whole apartment, leaving him only a piece of paper on which it certifies him a loser to be the never brings it into something. The Eagles are at this time in a sporty deep and commit Dick Vermeil as the new head coach. This is desperately whether the found situation of the team and held an open workout, a type of casting in which any interested party can recommend for the team.
Egged on by his friends in the bar, Vince decides to tryout the football team to participate. As only one of the numerous participants, he awakened the interest of the coaches, who then invites him to a training camp of the team.
After several disputes with its professional appearance, he fights his way into the team slowly. When he picks up a fumble in the game against the New York Giants, he achieved after a sprint from half pitch a touchdown and leads his team to the first victory under coach Vermeil and so impressed the spectators.
Reviews
" Sports stories written by life: After a true story of the dream of the triumph of the will is here once again staged. But exactly how similar bearing strips (most recently about " Miracle - The Miracle of Lake Placid " or "The decision - A True Story " ) bore this kind works pretty fast, because the way is always the same: Underdog overcomes head-high obstacles to finally to triumph as an ace. So what does this all about any more. "
" The based on a true story promoted film largely avoids the clichés of the genre of bio- pics and is characterized primarily by a credible representation of a proletarian milieu from. Sympathetic thanks to the good lead actor. "
Publication
The film opened on 25 August 2006 in U.S. cinemas and could then import the world a little more than 55 million U.S. dollars.