It encourages roots: remember the buddy friends, neighborhood community and parents who'd stand by us. I find the film heartwarming (a tearjerker for me, too). I went into the cinema with no expectations - feeling fortunate to see Wahlberg and Kinnear both in one movie. With Sara Knowles ("Gattaca") production design, Susan Lyall ("Mississippi Masala") costume design, vital Football Coordinator Mark Ellis ("Miracle") who studied/choreographed the plays and moves for specific film shoot, and having Vince Papale and Dick Vermeil as consultants at hand, Brad Gann's script and a strong supportive team of producers, all made "INVINCIBLE" unarguably a worthwhile film to see. The Jim Croce song that started the film "I Got A Name" is reminiscently catchy and hints at the personal struggles of Papale. Double duty as director of photography and director of his debut feature film, Ericson Core, faithfully puts us in the year 1976 recreated. ![]() The shots of the different plays and athletic moves get up close and real with a trained acting team and augmented sound design. Why so different? This film being NFL sanctioned is the more earnest in getting it right in every respect for authenticity. Against all odds, they did it and won over the rest of the South Philly Eagles team and the PA fans. In a way, both are in the same boat: struggling to gain confidence by the rest of the team. ![]() Papale and Vermeil - they needed each other (or fate brought them together). ![]() They worked hard preparing and learning to correctly portray the two NFL notables. The operative word here is 'genuine,' caring and intensely so. For Kinnear, he received confirmation when Vermeil's son indicated that he got his father's mannerism/cadence spot on. When in fact, from the production notes, Wahlberg went through actual football training/coaching, being there with the team for every play and practice, gaining insight into his portrayal of a real living person. Both Mark Wahlberg and Greg Kinnear are such naturals in delivering their characters.
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