Underdogs

A couple of weekends ago while my wife and oldest daughter were at a Girl Scouts event, my youngest daughter and I went to the local public library in search for a movie to watch to occupy our evening time. She chose Underdogs.

Underdogs

Underdogs is a fun family movie with a great message. It starts out with a dad talking to his son at bedtime who is frustrated with not scoring any goals on his soccer team and wants to quit. The dad shares a story of when he was young. It's a story of a powerful, yet arrogant, soccer player who tries to destroy a town. To stop the town from being destroyed, the professional soccer player and his team of other professionals is challenged to a game of soccer against a rag tag team of players from the town. Thus the title Underdogs. There's a bit of magic with foosball players coming to life and helping out. 

The movie sends a great message about never giving up even when things seem impossible. What is different from most underdog movies, however, is the ending is not quite as you'd expect and that makes the underdog message even more powerful. I won't give it away, so go check out this movie and watch it with your kids. A good movie with a great message!