As a Christian, nothing I hare more than dishonest piety. They turned a great story about a great person that was Christian and made it an American sermon about God using a football player like he was a donkey. If you want to preach to non-believers, show them that Christians are just ordinary people with an extraordinary gift of Faith. This movie is so predictable. Written for a 3rd grader. Acted poorly...beyond poor. This movie is preaching to the choir which is not what Jesus did. This is not a movie that Jesus would do. This is what the Pharisees would do. Cultural Christianity without any merit. I want this story retold by a great director with great actors and writers that have done more than children's books. The Croods is an example of a Christian message about Faith, Hope and Love that reached 1000 times more people around the world than Greater will ever imagine. Incompetence movie making is not an effective Evangelical tool. The 10/10 reviews is a clear campaign to promote religious dogma which is not WWJD. BTW...shame on Hollywood for ignoring a great story that puts Rudy to shame.

don't watch it if you're already sad or depressed . this biography is the most saddest biography ever , you will feel a pure melancholia. this movie will kill all the fairy tales and heroic stories you ever heard. it is about a pure pragmatic movie derived from a pure pragmatic life . if you'll learn one thing of this movie it will be " life is always unfair " even if give some luck to some people . life is gonna hit you till your knees . it is the first review i have ever write and it will be the last one , i just write it to alert depressed and sad people who search for one more inspiring story to watch that movie. it simply will take all your believes even if you believe in god or in discipline,perseverance and persistence . it is a unnecessary movie you will get nothing more than sadness so move on to another movie .

I really wasn't expecting much, since football is a theme that's been used over and over in Hollywood. And it's always heartwarming story, about effort, trust, teamwork, hard work and so on. I supposed this one wasn't going to be much different, and lowered my expectations. It turned out to be all of the above, but wrapped in huge religious propaganda. Whole movie is based on faith, music is religious, quotes are religious, literally everything is related to religion, even though the movie is supposed to be about football and hard work. If you don't mind religious brainwashing every few minutes, then this movie is quite OK. Yes, some actors didn't pull their weight, and there is no suspense whatsoever in this movie, it's quite predictable, but it could be an OK movie. Yet I barely managed to watch it to the very end because of all of those religious quirks, I felt I just watched Iehova's witness training program.

I grew up in Harrison, Arkansas. My family and I knew the real Brandon Burlsworth and still know the family to this day. Brandon has always been a big part of my life, even after his death. The Junior High I attended had his name all over it along with his slogan "Do It the Burls Way" on the field house for football practice. I knew Burlsworth was a big deal in Harrison, but never in a million years did I ever think a movie was going to be made about his life. And when it finally debuted, after several years in the making, I was amazed. I can say with all sincerity that I have never seen a sports film that I have enjoyed more than "Greater." The acting, the dialogue, the cinematography, the editing; pretty much every aspect of the film was completely fantastic. It's the only film I've ever seen that's made me cry. It was so beautifully done!