Oversimplified approaches to football and life deflate what should have been an interesting story: the rise of Hall of Fame quarterback Kurt Warner.
, is clearly in his 40s, but neither he nor the filmmakers do anything to suggest the QB’s mid-20s beyond using hair dye. If his Warner has a flaw, it’s that he’s too good at everything.
So why keep repeating that old “stay in the pocket” thinking throughout the film? It might have made sense if we saw nascent QB Warner bailingplays, but “Underdog” is one of those subject-blessed biopics in which the protagonist does no wrong. Did Warner need to stop running from trouble in real life? Not according to the movie. Young Kurt promises he won’t abandon Brenda and her kids, and he doesn’t. To his mean coach, he says, “I’m not gonna quit, because that’s what leaders do.” The movie doesn’t bother to show us why Warner, whom we’re told did very well in high school, was so under-recruited in college.
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