Reggie's Prayer

The pacing of this is so very slow. Christian characters are present, but this movie does not stand up and preach despite starting a litteral preacher.

Cinephiles or maybe just packer fans from the 90's should get kick out of the cast featuring two hall of fame nfl players one sharing a cameo with their coach. Mr miyagi is in this movie and so is the Big Show (a professional wrestler) The acting... sucks Cinematography....boring The message is good.

This film is both enjoyable and inspirational!! I'm not going to say or give out any spoilers but the leading actor Reggie White who played Reggie Ryans a retired NFLer turned HS football coach/history teacher who have never won a Super Bowl championship in the storyline. In real life, about a year after this movie was shown, Reggie White won his first and only Super Bowl championship ring with the Greenbay Packers!

The story itself was inspiring. It was clearly low budget by Hollywood standards which means anyone watching would have to get past the limited number of top notch professional actors, writers and film crew. Judged on the story alone it was excellent. The premise of the film that a professional football star would decide to leave fame and fortune to "make a difference in one young person's life" highlights the message that sometimes making a difference mean sacrifice. Interwoven into the plot is Reggie White showing how strong principles, belief in oneself and a solid foundation makes the difference between success and failure. Not only for his character, but for the students he taught and the other coaches and staff. This movie covers it all. Leading by example, fear of failure, a strong marriage in difficult times, family bonding through hardship, forgiveness, paying the price for doing the right thing...even learning from Mr. Miyagi (Pat Morita).

This was the first film I see listed for the writer/director. So taking that into consideration this movie is amazing. I would love to see this story done again with better writing & directing so all that's great about it could be easily seen.

I would start with a statement on this films quality (low-budget-look.) But, in this day and age of, 'lack of moral substance', in films...I wont go any further on that! This is a wonderful film for youth! It is very encourging and engaging. My daughter who is 12 watched it very intently. (She's far from being a football fan!) This is one of those films that doesn't go in the, 'Christian film', line up. But it's message about young boys finding, 'what's right' vs what's wrong is definetly there! Being aquainted with a pro-ball player and seeing how much of an influence they have on our kids, shows that this film is encourgeing in that realm also! Reggie White and all involved should be commended on this!

Quite a refreshing movie to me. Back to the days of "a moral to the story". If you are teaching a child up to young teen years...maybe about 14 as the cut off point, about doing the right thing, morals or character, something we hardly see in movies today geared to the youth, then this is a must see. It's good for just fun with the kids maybe for a sleep over with popcorn after bible study or something. Then you can let them know that Reggie White was a real football player. I enjoyed seeing M.C. Hammer, and the Big Show in the movie. Rouf, another football player and Reggie's wife also played in the movie with Pat remembered as Mr. Myogi in "Karate Kid". This movie is good to see if you are just tired of seeing blood and guts.