Synopsis
After a crushing defeat ended their prior season, everyone counted the Abilene Eagles out of title contention. Facing doubts and personal challenges both on and off the field, it takes the guidance of their team chaplain and a surrogate father figure for the players to realize what they can achieve when they stand united.
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Cast
- Milo GibsonChad Mitchell
- Laurence FishburneHarold Christian
- Abigail HawkAshley Mitchell
- Glenn MorshowerCoach Warren
- Acoryé WhiteHerschel
- Carter RedwoodRonnell
- Germain ArroyoAugustine Barrientes
- Adrian FavelaAnthony Cariola
- Noel GugliemiAlbert
- Aaron Courteau
Recommandations
- 70
Film Threat
Under The Stadium Lights stands out because of its two veteran actors in Milo Gibson and Laurence Fishburne. - 50
RogerEbert.com
The movie's dialogue is clunky and the acting is uneven, which keeps the tone more preachy than dramatic. - 40
Austin Chronicle
Between the cardboard characterization, the heavy-handed emotional outbursts, the intrusive murder subplot, locker room morale-boosting speeches that should have stayed in the locker room, a strange lack of meaningful emotional beats, and the utter inability to tackle its white-savior subtext, Under the Stadium Lights is pee wee by comparison to Peter Berg's All-American. - 30
The New York Times
Some sports movies build to inspirational speeches; Under the Stadium Lights treats platitudes as the main event. - 25
Boston Globe
A stultifying drama based on the 2009 season of the Abilene High Eagles, Lights suffers from sermonizing dialogue, amateurish performances, and an ugly racial blind spot disguised as white savior paternalism.
