Undefeated (2012)
93%RT Audience Score: 89%
Awards & Nominations: NA
It covers familiar sports documentary territory, but Undefeated proves there are still powerful stories to be told on the high school gridiron.
Undefeated is the ultimate underdog story that will have you cheering for the team until the very end. This documentary is a must-watch for anyone who loves sports, but even if you’re not a fan of football, you’ll find yourself invested in the lives of these young players. The film perfectly captures the heart and determination of the team, and you’ll be left feeling inspired and uplifted. Plus, who doesn’t love a good sports movie cliché? It’s not about winning or losing, it’s about how you play the game!
Production Company(ies)
Twentieth Century Fox,
Distributor
Weinstein Co.
Release Type
Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
MPAA / Certificate
Passed
Year of Release
1969
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby
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Aspect ratio:2.35 : 1
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Runtime:1h 53m
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Language(s):English, Spanish, French
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Feb 17, 2012 Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 4, 2011
Genre(s)
Documentary
Keyword(s)
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Dan Lindsay – Director
T.J. Martin – Director
Ralph Zipper – Executive Producer
Nigel Sinclair – Executive Producer
Guy East – Executive Producer
Director(s)
Dan Lindsay, T.J. Martin
Writer(s)
NA
Producer(s)
Ed Cunningham, Glen Zipper, Seth Gordon, Dan Lindsay, Rich Middlemas
Film Festivals
South by Southwest
Awards & Nominations
NA
Academy Awards
Oscar Best Documentary Feature Winners, Oscar Winners
All Critics (102) | Top Critics (47) | Fresh (98) | Rotten (4)
All eyes are on the ball, while the future screams from the sidelines.
August 2, 2012 | Rating: 3/5
Henry Barnes
Guardian
TOP CRITIC
Undefeated works the whole macho-sentimental template so vigorously and well it’s practically a reflexive response to cry foul, but you’d have to find heroic reserves of cynicism not to care at all about the precarious fortunes of these unformed bruisers.
August 2, 2012 | Rating: 4/5
Tim Robey
Daily Telegraph (UK)
TOP CRITIC
A watchable movie, no question. But perhaps best filed under guilty pleasures.
August 2, 2012 | Rating: 3/5
Nigel Andrews
Financial Times
TOP CRITIC
Can take its place proudly alongside the best in the genre.
August 2, 2012 | Rating: 4/5
Matt Bochenski
Little White Lies
TOP CRITIC
‘Undefeated’ is no ‘Hoop Dreams’, but it’s sturdily built and worthwhile.
July 31, 2012 | Rating: 3/5
Tom Huddleston
Time Out
TOP CRITIC
It may be a film that feels rather than analyses, but Undefeated is a compelling, uplifting experience that can’t fail to move even the most US football-phobic.
July 30, 2012 | Rating: 4/5
Ian Freer
Empire Magazine
TOP CRITIC
Has just about everything you could possibly want from a feature documentary.
September 26, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/4.0
Richard Propes
TheIndependentCritic.com
The epitome of what a good sports documentary should be.
January 31, 2019 | Rating: 4/5
Patrick Gamble
CineVue
There can be power and comfort in cliché, and let’s get this one out of the way: it’s not about winning or losing, but how you play the game.
August 30, 2018
Pat Padua
DCist
“Feel-good movie of the year” is rarely a label that applies to documentaries. Yet, the Oscar-nominated Undefeated, which follows one season of an impoverished inner-city Memphis high school football team, may turn out to be exactly that.
June 22, 2018
Megan Basham
WORLD
Undefeated is as magnificent as its subject.
September 18, 2017
Neely Swanson
Easy Reader (California)
I admit, I was not enthusiastic about reviewing another sports film, let alone football. Now I can say that I understand why people see football as a religion — in a good way.
June 30, 2017
Sr. Rose Pacatte
National Catholic Reporter…
Plot
After the Civil War, ex-Union Colonel John Henry Thomas and ex-Confederate Colonel James Langdon are leading two disparate groups of people through strife-torn Mexico. John Henry and company are bringing horses to the unpopular Mexican government for $35 a head while Langdon is leading a contingent of displaced southerners, who are looking for a new life in Mexico after losing their property to carpetbaggers. The two men are eventually forced to mend their differences in order to fight off both bandits and revolutionaries, as they try to lead their friends and kin to safety.
Trivia
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