Metacritic Movie Ratings
Undefeated Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 88

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  Undefeated is an emotional and effective film.

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• 88

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  Deftly balancing the students' stories with that of Courtney's, the film creates a fully rounded portrait of a corner of America rarely examined.

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• 83

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman

  For a documentary that's almost engineered to lift your heart, Undefeated is very well done.

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• 80

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan

  Like all memorable sports documentaries - Undefeated is really an examination not of how games are won and lost but how lives are lived, how young people faced with daunting challenges come to see, often in the most dramatic fashion, what is important going forward and what is not.

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• 80

  out of 100

  The New York TimesManohla Dargis

  While Undefeated travels well-tilled inspirational ground, it's also an irresistible story of football, faith and the lust for happily-ever-after black-and-white endings.

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• 80

  out of 100

  VarietyJoe Leydon

  Enjoyably upbeat and intelligently inspiring.

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• 80

  out of 100

  The Hollywood Reporter

  It's impossible not to root for these guys, or to leave Undefeated without feeling enormously moved by the experience of their joys and disappointments.

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• 50

  out of 100

  Wall Street JournalJohn Anderson

  One of the reasons documentaries often take so long to make is the filmmakers' need to keep their subject from giving a performance. They want something genuine, something that materializes only when the camera disappears. Nothing Mr. Courtney is says is inaccurate or, God knows, dishonest. But it isn't quite true either.

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• 40

  out of 100

  Village VoiceMichael Atkinson

  Honestly, Courtney and his crew all seem like nice people, but if there's an unironic audience for this kind of romantic jock-cup fondling, I'm not interested in knowing it.

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