Rusty Russell (Luke Wilson), Snoggs (Jacob Lofland) and Doc Hall (Martin Sheen) discuss the next play, in 12 Mighty Orphans.
Photo by Laura Wilson. Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics
This true-story film is a feel-good lesson in brains over brawny and persistence, a Depression-era underdog story about a team of orphans who revolutionizing how football is played. Viewers do not have to be a football fans to be charmed by this tale of scrappy outsiders that no one expects to succeed, overturning all those assumptions. “The Mighty Mites” is a team of 12 undersized orphans at Mason Hall, a Masonic orphanage and school, led by their science teacher, Rusty Russell, who was an orphan himself.
It is a classic story told in a classic style, but with a kind of Jimmy Stewart charm. Director Ty Roberts has a lot of fun with this historical sports story, giving it a scrappy energy, with...
Photo by Laura Wilson. Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics
This true-story film is a feel-good lesson in brains over brawny and persistence, a Depression-era underdog story about a team of orphans who revolutionizing how football is played. Viewers do not have to be a football fans to be charmed by this tale of scrappy outsiders that no one expects to succeed, overturning all those assumptions. “The Mighty Mites” is a team of 12 undersized orphans at Mason Hall, a Masonic orphanage and school, led by their science teacher, Rusty Russell, who was an orphan himself.
It is a classic story told in a classic style, but with a kind of Jimmy Stewart charm. Director Ty Roberts has a lot of fun with this historical sports story, giving it a scrappy energy, with...
- 6/18/2021
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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