Alexander Probasco

The only positive thing about this movie is that my elderly grandmother got something out of seeing it. I however, disliked the message and the delivery of the movie Overcomer. The emotional center of the movie is the reunion of a father and daughter. However, the circumstances in which these characters “become a family again” are impossibly problematic: 1. a lone female athlete becomes the sole member of a school’s cross country program coached by one male faculty with no oversight or accountability. 2. Said coach makes several un-authorized field trips with the athlete. 3. Coach deliberately goes against the wishes of the athlete’s legal guardian 4. Unexplained, sudden, and convenient rule-change to the sport (cross-country) Even if I agreed with the religious message (that this movie pushes as if it were propaganda) I would still have arguments against the reckless actions of the “hero” characters who are supposed to be responsible educators.