Does the film tap into that passion?
Hey Harry, Mirajeff here again, this time with a review of Friday Night Lights, based on the fantastic H.G. Bissinger novel. Oh, and thanks for posting my Undertow review. Rumor has it that there are some places in America where football is life. Permian High School in Odessa, Texas is one of these places. From the time boys are old enough to walk they are dressed in pads by football-obsessed Dads; men who cling to their state championship rings and scattershot memories of glory days long passed. The fathers, uncles, and yes, mothers who place such emphasis on football do so because as lifelong Odessa residents, they know first-hand that success on the football field is the only way out of town. Quarterback Mike Winchell’s mother tests him on the Panthers’ playbook over breakfast. Running back Billingsley has his hands duct taped to a football by his alcoholic father (Tim McGraw) so that he’ll learn to stop fumbling the pigskin. Star player Boobie Miles has college scouts packing the s
