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Touchback
Former high school football star turned farmer and family man Scott Murphy seeks counsel from his longtime mentor when he gets a unique opportunity to revisit his youth and the injury that ended his football career.
28 September 1983, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
4 April 1950, Birmingham, Michigan, USA
9 January 1961, Ohio, USA
10 September 1972, Detroit, Michigan, USA
30 May 1989, Levittown, New York, USA
April 13, 2012
Touchback may accurately be called cornball hokum by some, but it's nevertheless a well-made film filled with heart and soul (and Snake Plissken).
January 16, 2013
Touchback is a sweet family film that ultimately lacks enough insight into the main character's thought process as he struggles to make a decision that could change his life.
April 12, 2012
If George Bailey had been a high school football hero, It's a Wonderful Life might have been a little like Touchback.
April 13, 2012
It's flawed but amiable, leading with its heart to tell a simple tale of refreshed consciousness, blended with a little touch of fantasy to give the material a comforting lift.
April 16, 2012
Former jock gets second chance in uplifting (albeit cliched) sports drama.
September 07, 2012
Touchback isn't a bad movie, aside from the makeup effects that look like someone just shoved a pillow down Bryan Presley's shirt. It's just an unconvincing one.
April 16, 2012
A lightweight and overlong feel-good drama that plays like a mashup of It's a Wonderful Life and Friday Night Lights.
April 13, 2012
Ultimately it's too sentimental to have the desired emotional impact.
April 13, 2012
Are any of them alone reason enough to sit through two hours of warmed-over life lessons? Not particularly, but it should be said that the cast and crew have made a fair stride towards redeeming earnest low-budget filmmaking of this ilk...
April 12, 2012
Touchback takes a handoff from Peggy Sue Got Married and It's A Wonderful Life and runs it up the middle for a modest gain.
April 19, 2012
Earnestness and obviousness compete for supremacy early on in Don Handfield's film, with the latter fully in front; happily, earnestness stages a comeback by the end.
September 16, 2012
[I]t's not a bad film. It just needed a little trimming and a little work on the ending.