Review of Undefeated

Undefeated (2011)
10/10
I cried several times. I wish Coach Bill was my uncle.
18 February 2012
Warning: Spoilers
Wow, the coach is full of wisdom. I love his motivational speeches for his team. I have actually quoted him several times already.

Why I feel this doc is special.

I find that this is so different from other documentaries because the audience follows the journey and football season with the team as it plays out. Other documentaries often have classic sit down interviews and you get a feeling that the filmmakers are behaving like journalists and only showing what they want to show to slant their view on the audience and the events are often in the past.

Undefeated so different because you watch the film and don't know what is going to happen.

The coach and football players share their lives on a reality and intimacy that I have seldom seen. I feel that this documentary will break new ground and set a new standard for future documentary directors who need to risk more and discover a story that is breaking now, live, like Undefeated.

I am getting emotional just writing this review.

I had the opportunity to see the trailer of this film last week right before I watched the movie Chronicle and I noticed the audience react to the trailer almost as if it was a movie and not a documentary This was very interesting to me.

As this film sinks into me more I may come back and write more on my review or perhaps write another one somewhere else just to share.
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