Full Ride (2002)

Matt Sabo is a talented high school graduating senior who is picked to play in the state all-star high school football game. Despite the honor, Sabo sports a bad attitude on and off the ... See full summary »

Director:

Mark Hoeger

Writers:

George Mills, Don Winslow

Stars:

Meredith Monroe, Riley Smith, Bob Cady

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Meredith Monroe	...	Amy Lear
Riley Smith	...	Matt Sabo
Bob Cady	...	Coach Perry
Jonathan Wayne Wilson	...	Coach Neuberger (as Johnathan Wilson)
Mario Foxbaker	...	Alstrom
Michael Callahan Jr.	...	Decker
Michael Sayers	...	Hayes
Michael Brooks Jr.	...	Mayweather
Rob Kunkel	...	Norrie (as Bob Kunkel)
Zachariah Barrientos	...	Thornton
Jade Dixon	...	Terri
Sagan Lewis	...	Matt's Mom
Patricia Kies	...	Amy's Mom
Mark Famiglietti	...	Travis
Kevin Cabral	...	Murtaugh

Storyline

Matt Sabo is a talented high school graduating senior who is picked to play in the state all-star high school football game. Despite the honor, Sabo sports a bad attitude on and off the field, including run-ins with the law, and it becomes evident to his teammtates at the all-star camp that he doesn't care about the game. That is until he meets Amy Lear, an attractive, intelligent local of the camps host town, who helps him realize that he has a shot at getting a full ride scholarship if he plays well.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sexual content, including dialogue

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 August 2002 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Blair, Nebraska, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Oberon Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Desperately Seeking Even Marginally Talented Actors

Excellent example of the disaster that happens when you combine a challenging script with two actors chosen for physical appeal. It is rare for me to be consciously aware of the acting during the first viewing of a movie because I try to just go with the story and save the analysis for the second viewing. In the case of "Full Ride", the acting was so weak that the movie was impossible to appreciate as a story; I was too busy (during first and only viewing) alternating between laughter and nausea.

Fortunately for most individual members of the cast, pretty much everyone in the ensemble is weak, the individual talent limitations do not contrast with any actual competent acting. Riley Smith and Meredith Monroe are at least well matched physically, finding common ground in looking far too old for the credible age of their characters.

Unfortunately the script requires especially intense and convincing performances to portray their characters which just exposes Smith and Monroe's staggering lack of talent. On the positive side, they know enough to not look directly into the camera and they do not stutter.

Better to have used a less attractive pair who could physically pass for the proper age. The basic story is not particularly original, just another variation on "An Officer and a Gentleman", but it would have provided a nice showcase for a talented pair of "teenage" actors.

Then again, what do I know? I'm just a child.