American Underdog

Zachary Levi (from Shazam) stars in the Kurt Warner story (I mean it might as well be called that) as the film traces his struggles from being an unknown Midwestern quarterback hoping to make to the NFL but due to not playing in a big school & not having decent representation (he has to browbeat an agent to back him), he has to make due by stocking shelves in a supermarket but then an entrepreneurial indoor football team owner, played by Bruce McGill, entices him to join up where he finally achieves some state of success (along w/bagging a divorcee w/2 children played by Oscar winner Anna Paquin) but things take a turn when the ST. Louis Rams give him a chance (spearheaded by the coach's, played by Dennis Quaid, belief Levi can make a difference to the team). Not a bad film even though something like 1993's Rudy kind of got here first but it's crowd pleasing, inspirational & w/a dash of sentimental religious rot which will not completely turn off the casual viewer. Also starring Adam Baldwin (from Firefly) as one of Levi's first coaches.