I'm not a basketball fan, I don't watch it and I know nothing about the game. I know who Kevin Durant is from watching sports news highlights. Even I could tell that Kevin is a different kind of person. I found the movie enjoyable and simply good entertainment for the whole family to watch. I am glad I took the time to watch the movie and to hear Wanda's story. This movie is about Hard work, love and devotion and is worth watching. The Grant family are an inspiration and great role models on how an American family should be there to show their support and love for the family unit. They don't make women like that anymore. Every family should have a mother like Wanda.
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Where to Begin...Well It's 2021 and SHE'S the REAL MVP!
Dark_Lord_Mark23 May 2021
You cannot make this up.
Just cannot. IT's about woman good, man bad. THe dad is kind of the bad guy because you know he pays the money, tries his best to show up to games after the divorce, but she has to cook the meals and "suffers."
I summed up the movie above. It's another Hollyweird pro feminist dribble, full of victim hood and men should thank women.
Just cannot. IT's about woman good, man bad. THe dad is kind of the bad guy because you know he pays the money, tries his best to show up to games after the divorce, but she has to cook the meals and "suffers."
I summed up the movie above. It's another Hollyweird pro feminist dribble, full of victim hood and men should thank women.
Never cease saying "I Love You" to your family members and set personal goals
Ed-Shullivan23 May 2018
Let's face it, for every rare and huge success story of an NBA MVP natural hard working basketball legend like Kevin Durant there are a thousand much different stories of personal disappointment, financial duress, heartbreak and that ugly D word, "divorce". Sons Kevin and Tony Durant certainly worked hard to succeed in life, without their father Wayne growing up with them daily in their home but with their ever present stable mother Wanda, although their father helped out financially and showed up periodically at their games and at their home.
What I liked about this made for TV film it remained true to the title, that being that Kevin and Tony Durant were the reason mom worked so very hard, but their mom's story was being told and how mom Wanda kept her two boys focussed on their goals and kept them from getting into any serious trouble off of the court.
I only wish the film would have included a bit of a reality check such that not every young child who enters into a local athletic program in their pre-teens will/may eventually become a successful professional sports athlete/celebrity like Kevin Durant. Through hard work, surviving some personal hardships such as their father choosing to leave his family (but support them financially) that a single parents undying love for their children and repeating those three most important words each and every day "I Love You" to each other and meaning them, the family unit will remain a unit of strength, develop and sustain good morals and a purpose in life to help others as the Durant family continues to do each and every day.
This film may tell a story of one mothers devotion and love which leads to a happy ending, but this story should ring true for millions of mothers, fathers, sons and daughters that faith and hard work will lead to a strong family unit and where family support through hard times will only make the entire family unit a better one with much love for one another.
I give this inspirational made for TV film a strong 8 out of 10 rating for downplaying NBA superstar Kevin Durant's success and rather reflecting the family hardships and perseverance that made the Durant family someone to look up to and be inspired by.
What I liked about this made for TV film it remained true to the title, that being that Kevin and Tony Durant were the reason mom worked so very hard, but their mom's story was being told and how mom Wanda kept her two boys focussed on their goals and kept them from getting into any serious trouble off of the court.
I only wish the film would have included a bit of a reality check such that not every young child who enters into a local athletic program in their pre-teens will/may eventually become a successful professional sports athlete/celebrity like Kevin Durant. Through hard work, surviving some personal hardships such as their father choosing to leave his family (but support them financially) that a single parents undying love for their children and repeating those three most important words each and every day "I Love You" to each other and meaning them, the family unit will remain a unit of strength, develop and sustain good morals and a purpose in life to help others as the Durant family continues to do each and every day.
This film may tell a story of one mothers devotion and love which leads to a happy ending, but this story should ring true for millions of mothers, fathers, sons and daughters that faith and hard work will lead to a strong family unit and where family support through hard times will only make the entire family unit a better one with much love for one another.
I give this inspirational made for TV film a strong 8 out of 10 rating for downplaying NBA superstar Kevin Durant's success and rather reflecting the family hardships and perseverance that made the Durant family someone to look up to and be inspired by.
****
edwagreen28 May 2016
Warning: Spoilers
It was such a pleasure to see a minority movie not about sex, drugs, shootings, violence and other mayhem. This film must serve as a wake-up call to minorities and others that the day of excuses for minority failures has ended and that hard work, perseverance and the setting of goals, one may very well achieve the desired effects.
Such was the case of Wanda Durant, an abandoned wife raising two boys, who with the guidance of her mother, kept those boys out of trouble and led a life which has led to success.
Of course, we saw problems of Wanda, sometimes uncertain of herself, a selfish husband and the tragic death of the coach, but we also saw what perseverance even in the face of hardship may accomplish.
Certainly, this is a worthwhile film.
Such was the case of Wanda Durant, an abandoned wife raising two boys, who with the guidance of her mother, kept those boys out of trouble and led a life which has led to success.
Of course, we saw problems of Wanda, sometimes uncertain of herself, a selfish husband and the tragic death of the coach, but we also saw what perseverance even in the face of hardship may accomplish.
Certainly, this is a worthwhile film.
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