Under the Stadium Lights

"Some sports movies build to inspirational speeches; 'Under the Stadium Lights' treats platitudes as the main event." 

"The road to hell is paved with movies like 'Under the Stadium Lights,' a well-intentioned but wearyingly ponderous and curiously disjointed faith-based drama" 

"If you are the kind of person who adores small-town Texas high school football (...) [it] will lift your spirits. But if you're utterly disinterested in high school sports with a good dash of faith mixed in, it's very definitely not for you (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)" 

"A stultifying drama (...) [It] suffers from sermonizing dialogue, amateurish performances, and an ugly racial blind spot disguised as white savior paternalism (…) Rating: ★ (out of 4)" 

"[It] is sincere and well-meaning, but its tribute to a Texas 2009 high school football championship team is so certain of its story that it fails to reach for an audience outside of its world (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)" 

"Every opportunity is seized to pile on preachy motivational speeches that incorporate lines of scripture (...) Todd Randall's techniques are nontraditional, which is sort of a nice way to say 'inexperienced'."