leandroavelar "Facing Giants" is a movie dedicated to a specific audience. An appropriate audience would be Christians or doubting Christians. It would be more suitable for those doubting Christians because a recurring theme that can be seen in the movie is to not lose faith in God no matter what. The main themes observed in the film would be: faith in God, benevolence, patience, and dedication. The story begins introducing Shiloh Christian school. Then, football Coach Grant Taylor (Alex Kendrick) is introduced along with his colleagues. Coach Grant is stressed because his best player left the school, his team is not the best, and the season is about to begin. After Grant's wife is introduced (interpreted by Shannen Fields), both of them are sad because she cannot get pregnant. Up to this point it seems that everything is going terribly wrong for Grant Taylor. Next, the season begins, and it is chaotic. The Shiloh Eagles lost their first three games. Some parents gather together with one of Grant's colleague Brady Owens (Tracy Goode) to talk about his failure and possible dismission. Later on, Coach Taylor learns he is the reason why his wife cannot get pregnant. This is the point in the story when he feels the worst. The school principal talks to him because he can see he is going through a tough situation. After this point, he begins to pray a lot and things begin to change. First, they start winning. Second, students in the school begin confessing and taking faith more seriously. Third, he is given a new truck (because his was not working anymore). Last but not least, his wife learns she is pregnant. However, the Shiloh Eagles lost. Coach Taylor thought everything was coming down after all of his faith and dedication. Then, a miracle happened. The team that had beaten them had gotten disqualified and the Shiloh Eagles moved on to the next round to face the unbeaten Bears. The game was tight, the Eagles needed a miracle to happen. It indeed happened (spoiler alert avoided). At the end of the movie all of the themes could be observed.The actors who interpreted the main characters did an awesome job at it. Next you will find their acting descriptions: Grant Taylor (Alex Kendrick): Alex Kendrick did an amazing job interpreting Coach Taylor. He expressed the correct emotions in every situation his character went through. He correctly expressed sadness and stress when he realized the best player of the school left or when he was told that he could not have a baby. Brooke Taylor (Shannen Fields): Her acting, once again was pleasant. There was not a mistake seen in the film when it came to it. She is a very talented actress. Brady Owens (Tracy Goode): Even though Tracy did not really appear much in the film he sure did a good interpretation of his character. Once again his emotions were suitable for the situations. His acting seemed to fit with the situation.The quality of the images and the film itself was organized, comprehensive, and unique. The flashbacks clearly made the story a lot more interesting and you didn't get lost in the plot. When it came to film the football games it was once again very good. The shots provided clearly showed what was going on. There were very iconic shots as well. For example, when the final winning kick was made. These details show that the movie was directed properly. The music on the background was proper for each of the situations the characters went through. The music was also good because it suited the events that were taking place. For example, the music during the games was dynamic and very exciting. When the characters were facing a difficult situation the music was sad and depressing. However, when the characters became elated the music became very positive and "inspiring". To conclude, I can totally relate to the movie and many people will do to. When I am under extreme pressure and feel that things are not going as I wished they would I begin blaming God for that. Then he helps me, just like he did the many people in the movie. The message, acting, photography, soundtrack and direction were very good. I would not change a thing in the film.

w-a-johnstone OK so me and my ethics and faith class at school were forced to watch this movie and holy molly we all laughed all the way through. Not because it was funny but because the acting was just terrible, Im sure they tried to make a good movie but they failed so badly. The hole religion aspect was completely unnecessary it just annoyed me it was just so forced. Now back to the acting in the scene about 30 minutes in to the movie were Grant and his wife are crying at the table. It was meant to be an emotional scene but because of the terrible acting it was outrageously funny the whole class including me exploded into tiers of laughter. But I'm sure that the filmmakers were trying to make a good movie so thats why i gave it a 2.

Darian A. Caplinger When I first heard of this movie and read reviews about how it was overly preachy, I decided to pass on it. Then I saw a brief clip from it, which contained one of the most powerful scenes I've ever seen... ever. It was because of that scene I decided to give the film a shot. I'm so thankful I did. When I first started hearing about the level of proselytizing in the film, I thought it was a joke. Watching the movie, it actually feels right... after all, it is a Christian school.The acting is actually decent. The writing is good. The storyline isn't original, but it's still believable. I connected with the characters, and found myself emotional in all the right spots. It's a film which proves you don't need foul language, sex, nudity or graphic violence in order to create an awesome movie (Hollywood should be paying attention!). I don't know what the film's budget was, but it didn't feel like a low budget flick. The film has a good soundtrack, positive humor, and a great message.If you are an atheist, you probably won't like this film. For anyone else, try to remember this is a Christian based film, produced by a Christian based group, with a heavily biblical message. It's a good film, I recommend giving it a shot.

etosxy If anyone thinks this film is telling people if you turn to God then you'll get everything, they misread the message. You can't literally cover every aspects of Christianity in a two hours film, like a sermon must pick up a specific topic and focus on it. This Sunday you hear the pastor talking about Grace, it doesn't necessarily mean he denies Justice.Think about how you evangelize? I bet you won't put the Gospel in this way: Come, come to God, to be His children, your problem won't be solved, your pain won't ease, your life will still be hard, if God's happy, he will give you blessing, but be prepared He gives you nothing. Anyway nothing is still a kind of blessing, We Christians grow up through hardship, so come, join in us and enjoy the hardship. Remember, pray before you watch it.