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American Underdog is a movie about Iowan Kurt Warner and his rise from grocery store bagger to NFL MVP.  This is a good clean family film that is for anyone, sports fan or not.

The American Underdog movie starts by detailing Kurt’s struggling football career at UNI and in large his dream of playing in the NFL. Eventually, after not getting drafted with the NFL he decided try out for the Iowa Barnstormers, who are members of the Indoor Football League. 

The movie shows Kurt’s success on the field with the Iowa Barnstormers, but also his struggles personally and professionally as he has still not given up on his dream to play in the NFL. Eventually, the St. Louis Rams come knocking on his door and recruited him from the Barnstormers. Kurt Warner is an Iowan who played football for UNI, The Iowa Barnstormers, and eventually played 12 seasons in the NFL.

I am not going to give away the ending of this movie, however, if you are a football fan, you’ll know what happens. This is a great movie with an encouraging message to never give up on your dreams. 

Zachary Levi does a great job playing Kurt Warner and even for a moment I almost thought it was him.  The movie does a good job of representing Iowa and is really a reflection of Kurt Warner’s success as a person with a message to all.

Monte DeArmoun of Northwood, Iowa said “Overall, I liked the movie.”  However, DeArmoun was disappointed that they did not show UNI with a dome and the Iowa scenes were not true life. 

“I’ve also been in the establishment were the Warner’s met and it didn’t look like that,” DeArmoun said. 

Other reviews highlighted how well the actor Zachary Levi did in portraying Kurt Warner. Now some of things that movie critics have said about the film is that this movie may not be an instant sports classic on the big screen, but audiences are still paying to watch it and some critics say it’s a movie worth seeing.

Today Kurt Warner has long since retired from the NFL after 12 seasons, two teams and three trips to the Super Bowl. He is the only undrafted NFL player ever to win NFL MVP and Super Bowl MVP.

On weekends, instead of gutting it out on the gridiron, he sometimes guest stars as an analyst for the NFL Sunday games and he runs a non-profit organization with his wife, Brenda. That is when he’s not traveling to see his son play for Kansas State.  Not bad for a bag boy.