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Undefeated

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Since its founding in 1899, Manassas High School in North Memphis has never had a football team win a playoff game. In 2004, former high-school coach Bill Courtney offers to help turn the Manassas Tigers around. Nurturing his players' physical and emotional strengths, Courtney's efforts pay off in 2009, when the Tigers, led by their star player O.C., seem to have a chance to break their school's 110-year losing streak and finally win a playoff game.
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It covers familiar sports documentary territory, but Undefeated proves there are still powerful stories to be told on the high school gridiron.

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Henry Barnes Guardian Aug 2, 2012
3/5
All eyes are on the ball, while the future screams from the sidelines. Go to Full Review Tim Robey Daily Telegraph (UK) Aug 2, 2012
4/5
Undefeated works the whole macho-sentimental template so vigorously and well it's practically a reflexive response to cry foul, but you'd have to find heroic reserves of cynicism not to care at all about the precarious fortunes of these unformed bruisers. Go to Full Review Nigel Andrews Financial Times Aug 2, 2012
3/5
A watchable movie, no question. But perhaps best filed under guilty pleasures. Go to Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Sep 26, 2020
3.5/4.0
Has just about everything you could possibly want from a feature documentary. Go to Full Review Patrick Gamble CineVue Jan 31, 2019
4/5
The epitome of what a good sports documentary should be. Go to Full Review Pat Padua DCist Aug 30, 2018
There can be power and comfort in cliché, and let's get this one out of the way: it's not about winning or losing, but how you play the game. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Robert P @Superbad Sep 10, 2026 This movie is a *5* star Movie See more Stephen C @bob25009 Jul 7, 2025 Real footage in 1 hour and 53 minutes. Rated PG-13 for Some Language. See more Munkhjargal A @RT28084692 Aug 1, 2024 This movie turned out to be a very good movie. It has become a work that has been greatly enjoyed by the audience. I think that the work was born because of the director's poor thinking. It turned out to be a movie that I liked very much. I would like to thank the director and actors. See more Bahad j @RT27093708 Jul 31, 2024 In my opinion, I felt that the movie was very good, behind all this, the filmmaker was able to come up with the right festive details to congratulate the members of the behind-the-scenes team. See more Бавуу Э @RT26109709 Jul 31, 2024 Since its founding in 1899, Manassas High School in North Memphis has never had a football team win a playoff game. In 2004, former high-school coach Bill Courtney offers to help turn the Manassas Tigers around. Nurturing his players' physical and emotional strengths, Courtney's efforts pay off in 2009, when the Tigers, led by their star player O.C., seem to have a chance to break their school's 110-year losing streak and finally win a playoff game. See more Geke g @RT40239519 Jul 27, 2024 Sport is more than a game. Must-see See more Read all reviews
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Dan Lindsay

Director

T.J. Martin

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Bill Courtney

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Ralph Zipper

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Nigel Sinclair

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Guy East

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Synopsis Since its founding in 1899, Manassas High School in North Memphis has never had a football team win a playoff game. In 2004, former high-school coach Bill Courtney offers to help turn the Manassas Tigers around. Nurturing his players' physical and emotional strengths, Courtney's efforts pay off in 2009, when the Tigers, led by their star player O.C., seem to have a chance to break their school's 110-year losing streak and finally win a playoff game.
Director
Dan Lindsay, T.J. Martin
Producer
Ed Cunningham, Glen Zipper, Seth Gordon, Dan Lindsay, Rich Middlemas
Distributor
Weinstein Co.
Production Co
Zipper Bros Films, Five Smooth Stones Productions
Rating
PG-13 (Some Language)
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 17, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 5, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$561.1K
Runtime
1h 53m
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