The true story is indeed remarkable and ideal for this kind of inspirational sports movie treatment. (latimes.com)
Either way, I did enjoy the movie, and if you like inspirational sports movie, then you may too. (fatmovieguy.com)
You can see it in both The Fighter, which is at its core the same sort of inspirational sports movie in the vein of Remember the Titans or The Natural that we've seen a million times, and Silver Linings Playbook, which boasts a nearly insufferable storybook ending that nearly undoes the strong work done earlier in the film. (alphaprimitive.com)