People are voting emotionally.

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

I must say that it is a plot that was used in a "good" way, but the choice of music destroyed the whole movie, for me. A movie with a great message that could have been done better... way better.

This movie is next installment in Christian films made by the movie company, PureFlix. PureFlix is also the company that brought us the God's Not Dead films, so obviously I was not expecting all that much. I held out hope for Woodlawn, I was hoping it would be an improvement, that maybe, just maybe they would learn from their mistakes with previous films, but they did not. Alright, for starters, the acting was very disappointing, this is supposed to be a powerful, moving story, and the actors' performances should show that, but they seemed totally unengaged. There were many scenes that were just plain cheesy and fake looking. Sean Astin, oh my, has it come to this?? His performance was the weakest of all. Also, Jon Voight was completely stale and lackluster, no energy whatsoever in his acting here. This movie is so formulaic and unoriginal, you can pretty much predict almost every single thing that is going to happen. And they are not even trying to hide the blatantly obvious fact that this is a propaganda film, The advertisements and phone numbers to call during the final credits cemented that fact. That was very disappointing, like I totally understand it's a Christian film, but there is a difference between a Christian movie and a Christian propaganda movie, just tell the story, without the advertisements. The movie is just simply weak, I am not disrespecting the story it is based off of, or the Christian beliefs that are expressed. I am simply saying that the filmmakers were weak in this screen adaptation, they didn't do the story it is based of off justice. No redeeming qualities here, 1/10 for Woodlawn.

The problems started in Birmingham, Alabama when forced integration was imposed. The time is the 1970s and Alabama is a hot bed of racial tensions and what happened here with the Woodlawn High School football team can be truly called a miracle. The positive impact of what this team did to help themselves and the community is still going on today. This is based upon a true story.I mention Tony Nathan above as many may know who he is. I had no idea who he was at the time, but he could run routes unlike any other and even caught the attention of Paul "Bear" Bryant, (Jon Voight) the legendary Coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide.This all starts with the entrance as self described Evangelist known as Hank (Sean Astin). He just shows up one day and some of us thought he was not real, was never really there or was an Angel (Thinking big, are we?) Hmmm? Then the miracle aspect would have made sense. After some resistance, he gets the team to come together by praying together and it works. They come together as a team and learn to rely on each other to win. Of course, we see the High School Superintendent as vigorously opposed to all this and threatens the Woodlawn Coach Gerelds (Nic Bishop). In time the prayer fest spreads throughout the community and, at one point, this also spreads to one of Woodlawn's fiercest rivals, the Banks Jets.The story is indeed inspirational and well acted throughout. But one of the real winners in here is the music that will "pump you up" and even get you to cheering when you had no intention of doing so. (Was that really you jumping up and down?)The football game scenes are nothing but brutal and I made several doctor appointments. Although this is preachy in places, you need to remember that this is all true and what happened because of it may be considered a miracle. Racial tensions in the 1970s in the South were real and, in many ways, are still real. Again, the impact of what happened in Woodlawn and Birmingham is still going on and this is a good thing. Again, this is well worth your time. Jon Voight as Paul "Bear" Bryant outdoes himself and you only see Paul "Bear" Bryant and this is quite a treat.Stay to the end to see what happened to : Tony Nathan, Coach Gerelds, Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant, QB Jeff Rutledge played by Richard Kohnke, and the Banks Jets Coach played by C. Thomas Howell. (9/10)Violence: Yes. Sex: No. Nudity: No. Language: No

The wife and I watched "Woodlawn" last night. We were surprised that we liked it so much. It's a combination of a sports movie, an anti-racism movie, and a pro-Jesus movie. In most cases, I don't much care for any of the three, because I don't like preachy movies and I don't care about sports itself. But this one really worked for me. It's based on true events. I found myself cheering out loud over a lousy touchdown (I never do that)! I found myself caring about the characters. It doesn't go over-the-top on the anti-racism message - so many movies have one or two token white guys who are decent, while the rest are vicious devils, just to make sure we don't miss the point, because after all we're too stupid to get it otherwise. The pro-Jesus message is there because it is necessary to the plot and the furthering thereof, so you don't feel like your church took you to see it in a van just to keep it from tanking at the box office. And the sports element is - well, OK, any football scenes in any movie are basically 'will he get the ball to the end zone or not?' because that's what sports is. It's a darned inspiring movie is what it is.