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Stands out for positive messages and positive role models. Positive Messages. Positive Role Models. What parents need to know Parents need to know that Rudy is a moving sports drama based on the true story of Daniel "RUDY" Ruettiger who overcame various obstacles -- dyslexia, lack of money -- to play football for Notre Dame.
Continue reading Show less. Stay up to date on new reviews. Get full reviews, ratings, and advice delivered weekly to your inbox. User Reviews Parents say Kids say. Adult Written by Proctor March 9, Great Movie but plenty of profanity as well I was surprised that Common Sense had this rated for 9 year olds.
It's a great movie, but unfortunately, like so many movies, it is unnecessarily filled w Continue reading. Report this review. The movie is not about football, but about the themes I mentioned earlier, although this helped me raise my awareness towards the sport.
From the technical standpoint, the movie works very well. I especially liked the score composed by Jerry Goldsmith. This is a very good film, and one of the best sports films of recent years. Surprisingly a terrific film that's very inspirational. My sister wanted me to see this movie badly so she lent her VHS copy to me, and i didn't really want to see it since i am not usually into these kinds of movies, but how could i refuse so i decided to put in the VCR and give it a watch as i was expecting the worst, but what i got was a VERY enjoyable flick that moved me with it's great storytelling.
There isn't actually that much football action , it works more on character development. David Anspaugh did a wonderful job here, with great shots of the crowd very cool shots of the football action, and moving it along at a perfect pace.
I found the players protesting and putting there jersey's on the Coach's desk protesting not to play in the game unless Rudy does very cool.
The acting is Possibly Oscar Worthy. Joe Faverau was great as Rudy's best friend i liked him. Ned Beatty did good as Rudy's father but didn't have to do much. Scott Benjaminson was very good as the selfish jealous brother. Overall a Must see for everyone!
John6Daniels 20 October Rudy grows up in a middle class family that does not have a enough money to go pay for an education at a college.
His brothers doubt him that he will never play for Notra Dame. Rudy wants to prove them wrong. Rudy's family are big Notre-Dame fans because his family always sits and get fat while watching notra dame men tackle each other for a trophy that they can't take home. Once Rudy gets older he gets accepted to notra dame but he doesn't have much money. While on campus he meets iron man's body guard and they become friends. A black savior appears and helps him out. Rudy isn't good enough over and over to make the dress list.
He wants to quit. Black saviour shows up in time and gives the "Prove What" speech. Rudy doesn't quit and gets to play in 1 game and he became famous. This movie was really good the story is very inspirational.
The acting was great. Overall a great sports film. Although, I often research movies that are based on a true story.
From what I remember. There are a lot of inaccuracies in this movie. Many people and events didn't happen or existed. Makes me wonder about other sport movies like Verdict: prove to no one but yourself.
We saw that a reviewer said that RUDY was Seriously though It's extremely difficult to not like RUDY. After all, it contains all the elements that make for a good story. We have an underdog kid, from a Blue Collar background. This little guy dares to think and dream big. It starts out when Rudy is a young kid, but always a guy to try to keep up with the older guys.
Right Rudy! In it we learn that Rudy, though small for football, demonstrates a bull dog tenacity that has not gone un-noticed nor unappreciated by his coaches. After being discouraged by just about everybody,including a teacher-priest, we move on to see he now settles into a job at the Steel Mill where father works and his girlfriend since childhood plan to marry and buy a house in the town.
A sudden and bitter blow comes to Rudy. His best friend, Pete,is killed in an industrial accident at the plant. Realizing that time is running out, Rudy sets out to go and enter Notre Dame, sudden like. He has not applied and is in need of remedial work. He is befriended by Father Callahan Robert Prosky giving his usual great performance.
Well, all of this is just the beginning. The story goes on to chronicle his struggles and the friends made along the way. Stadium Maintainence Supervisor and friend are particularly effective and enjoyable in their roles. Well can you tell what happens next? In order to get a chance at the football team, he'll need to make good enough grades and be accepted by the N. Admissions Office. How will he do in this quest?
Well, we all kinda know that there will be success, but just how it is accomplished, that'll have to remain unwritten here. One thing that we must keep in mind. RUDY is a biopic. It, like all of the others must follow a certain formula. Just like so many of the great biographies in the past, you are sure to have the following elements. The story will open some years earlier. The subject of the story will show some traits that serve as a foreshadowing of future events.
He also has a favourite baseball card of 'rookie' George Herman Ruth, who will be a team mate as Babe Ruth when Lou reaches adulthood. Then or now, a biopic is a biopic. One thing more. RUDY benefits from some really fine cinematography. The Camera really captures the spirit and the mood. Also the sets are just about perfect from the old neighborhood, Joliet Catholic High and especially the beautiful and magnificent Campus of Notre Dame.
See the film. Rent it or better yet, buy it soon! It's a keeper, guaranteed, so help me Lord! I can vouch for it, being an Alumnus of the joint. I liked this movie because it is based on true events, it has an amazing story, a lot of passion and promotes very well the dedication that somebody has to have in order to chase his dreams. The direction which was made by David Anspaugh was very good and he presented very well the main goal of the movie, to focus and chase your dreams.
I also enjoyed the interpretation of Sean Astin who played as Daniel E. I strongly recommend everyone to watch this movie because it is a very good life lesson for everyone and it will boost you to chase your dreams too. By today's Hollywood standards, that is getting on in age. For a film like this, however, time is and will continue to be almost a non-factor, as a movie so based in human themes and emotions will never cease to be relevant.
For a basic plot summary, "Rudy" is based on the real-life story of Rudy Ruettiger Sean Astin , whose entire goal in life from childhood onward was to enroll at Notre Dame and play football for the Irish. The problem?
His grades aren't up to snuff coming out of high school, his short stature makes football seem like a pipe dream, and father Daniel Ned Beatty doesn't encourage his dreams. Through hard work and extreme determination, however, Rudy manages to put himself in position for those dreams to come true. Will he be able to take that final step and run out of the tunnel in pads? That's what the film ultimately builds up to.
Much like, say, "Hoosiers" or "Dead Poets Society", "Rudy" is a film that almost gets an "average" knock now because it practically invented a genre that is now basically the standard for inspirational sports films.
There was no "teacher standing on the desk" cliche before Robin Williams, no "measuring the basket" scene until Hackman, and no "power of sheer motivation" emotional tear-jerkers before "Rudy". So, while watching this film now it may seem like you've seen this type before, just remember that is only because "Rudy" started the trend! As a football fan myself, it is tough to believe I hadn't seen this one all the way through until my 32nd year on this planet.
Like I said previously, I think I was a bit scared away by the "done to death" cliches that it seems to represent. I'm glad I finally "caved", however, as this is a truly special and emotional film. Overall, "Rudy" is one of the greats in both its own genre sports as well as of all-time. Even those who have no idea what football is all about can appreciate Rudy's inspirational story. It is beautifully told story. And the music, Wow! This movie is a wildly emotional ride for me. My daughters will tell you that I cry all the time at movies.
That's not true. I only cry when I'm deeply moved. It's one of the greats. Everything building up to this moment in the film would suggest otherwise, but you hope that statement is at least partially inspired by the fact that his boy is part of it after a lifetime of resolve. Notre Dame seniors line up to lay their jerseys on head coach Dan Devine's desk and request that Rudy be allowed to dress in their place for the season's final game.
This moment did not actually happen. If you ask an Alabama fan, they unquestionably have 17 national titles, and yes, that one counts just as much as the most recent. Look, we embellish because storytelling makes us feel good about the world and ourselves as fans. We buy in blindly to the mystique of our beloved team, even if the truth of it is a bit more boring than reality.
It makes the game better, and quite frankly, we all know what really goes down. And sometimes, the myth and reality line up anyway. Creative liberties are taken for dramatic effect.
Again, if it all played out exactly like it happened, you risk not making the greatest college football movie of all time, or relinquishing that title to a lesser film. Let us have these moments.
David Anspaugh only directed a handful of feature films, the others less memorable than two of the greatest sports films of all time. If you want to recreate a similar underdog spirit, you hire the best. Maybe the year-old Anspaugh has one more left in the tank. How about another for the underdogs out there, sir? Sean Astin left and Charles S. Dutton in a pivotal scene late in "Rudy," when the title character wants to give up on his dream of playing for the Fighting Irish.
Goonies never say die, and neither did Rudy. But Rudy persists. And although his story reads, in outline, like an anthology of cliches from countless old rags-to-riches sports movies, "Rudy" persists, too.
It has a freshness and an earnestness that gets us involved, and by the end of the film we accept Rudy's dream as more than simply sports sentiment. It's a small but powerful illustration of the human spirit. The movie was directed by David Anspaugh , who directed another great Indiana sports movie, " Hoosiers ," in Both films show an attention to detail, and a preference for close observation of the characters rather than sweeping sports sentiment.
In "Rudy," Anspaugh finds a serious, affecting performance by Sean Astin , the erstwhile teen idol, as a quiet, determined kid who knows he doesn't have all the brains in the world, but is determined to do the best he can with the hand he was dealt.
To start with, he can't get into Notre Dame. He doesn't have the grades. But he's accepted across the street at Holy Cross, where an understanding priest the benevolent Robert Prosky offers advice and encouragement. Finally Rudy is accepted by Notre Dame, one of the few remaining big football schools that still has tryouts for "walk-ons" - kids without starring high school careers or athletic scholarships.
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