“My All American” (*** out of four) was an affectionately made biographical drama of college football player Freddie Steinmark (Finn Whitrock) who achieved his goal of playing football for the University Of Texas and gave his all for his coach (Aaron Eckhart) and his team, both on and off the field. Predictable and formulaic sports drama in the vein of “Friday Night Lights” and “Varsity Blues” is enlivened by strong performances all around and hard-hitting football scenes. Powerful directing debut for Angelo Pizzo who knows this territory extremely well because he was the writer and producer of “Hoosiers” and “Rudy” which this is also influenced by.

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