I remember catching this movie on cable as a teenager at the end of the eighties and started watching because I was a Gregory Peck and Boston Celtics fan (as well as Jamie Lee Curtis and William Peterson) but was pleasantly surprised by how good it was. Yes, as many here have stated, this isn't realistic but neither is it supposed to be. I consider it a well-made and well-acted movie fable with it's heart in the right place. Although the context of the US-USSR arms race no longer applies, this movie has become relevant again in the context of the national anthem protests by sports athletes. Such as in this movie, economic and political interests conflict with athletes making a stand. Imagine if instead of kneeling to protest police violence and racial injustice, pro sports athletes stopped playing (even if only for one weekend) to make their point, as they do in this movie? How would the powers that be react to that? I only wish we really had someone like Gregory Peck as President... This movie deserves a viewing; it's a fine sports-related, family-oriented movie and Gregory Peck is always a good reason to see this.
