2011 · drama · family · fantasy
Touchback
Directed by Don Handfield1h 58m2011
A former high-school football star loses his shot at a college scholarship due to a devastating gridiron injury, but gets a second chance at living his dream.
Our read: Touchback (2011) reads as a cosy, kinetic, grounded drama · family · fantasy entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, kinetic, gentle drama / family, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- warm
- gentle
- redemptive
- tender
- intimate
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“You want an inspiring small-town football story with a second-chance do-over fantasy.”
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