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Angels in the Endzone

1997 · 87 min

A gentle, good-natured sports fantasy that leans on sentiment and easy laughs, comforting rather than gripping, with a soft glow of grief and hope.

Overview
The football team Jesse is on is terrible, and after the death of his father Jesse quits the team. Then angels come to help the team get better and nobody can see them but Jesse's little brother.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • family
  • faith
  • redemption
  • friendship
Places
  • small town
  • school
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour4
Realism4
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity2
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama, family
Directed by
Gary Nadeau
Written by
Larry Mintz, Alan Eisenstock
Starring
Paul Dooley, Matthew Lawrence, David Gallagher, Jack Coleman, Lynda Boyd, Allan Zinyk, Christopher Lloyd, Ken Kirzinger
Music
Frédéric Talgorn
Cinematography
Ron Orieux
Runtime
87 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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