InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Mandeep Tyson The acting in this movie is really good.

Quiet Muffin This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

Celia A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

donaldricco I had never seen this, so with the new football season, I though I'd give it a try. And boy am I glad that I did! This is a heck of a movie, especially more so given that it is a made-for-TV-movie! Caan and Williams seem made for their roles, and the inclusion of real game footage of Sayers and Picciolo make this a must watch for football fans! But keep some Kleenex at hand, this one will jerk the tears right outta ya'!

virek213 One of the great sagas in the history of professional sports in America was the friendship that transpired between Brian Piccolo, who was White, and Gale Sayers, who was African-American, while they were competing for the same position on the NFL's Chicago Bears frontline in the mid-1960s. At a time when professional football was still a White man's game, both Piccolo and Sayers developed a significant friendship, a friendship that only grew near the end of the Bears' rather disastrous 1969 season when Piccolo was diagnosed with embryonal cell carcinoma. This is the true-life saga told in the highly acclaimed 1971 made-for-TV drama BRIAN'S SONG, one of the best of its kind, and unquestionably one of the greatest sports films ever made, television or otherwise.Veteran TV/film director Buzz Kulik is at the helm of this film, where James Caan and Billy Dee Williams, both actors well on their way to illustrious careers but at that time not quite so well known, portray the two Bears legends who developed a closeness with one another at the time when segregation of hotel rooms according to race was still standard issue in the NFL, a precedence that was broken by the Bears organization. None of this is showed in any heavy-handed "message" form either in William Blinn's screenplay (based on Sayers' autobiography), or in Kulik's direction; it is just laid out in a very robust way by all concerned. Jack Warden ably portrays Halas, and the Chicago Bears, wisely enough, are played by the Chicago Bears themselves.The airing of this film on ABC on November 30, 1971, coming just a little less than a year and a half after Piccolo passed away at the all-too-young age of 27 from the cancer that, despite an operation that removed a cancerous lung and a pectoral, had spread to other parts of his body, was quite a big deal, and rightly so. With the inclusion of actual footage from NFL Films, courtesy of the legendary Steve Sabol, viewers of the time got a pretty good idea of just how rough the game of football really is up close and personal. The main body of the film, of course, is done with sentiment, given its subject matter, but at no time is it ever gushy or hackneyed. This isn't an easy thing to do, but it is pulled off in a hugely successful way, and topped off by a fine and ultra-memorable score from Michel LeGrand, who also did the score for the 1968 heist film THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR, among others.If you want a sports film that touches on not just the sport itself but also the stories that happen behind the sport, BRIAN'S SONG is the one. Clearly it is among the best films ever made for television.

SmileysWorld When this film began production,Brian Piccolo had only been gone for six months.As a result,most of the film takes on the atmosphere of being rushed to production.It has an obvious look that they were given a very small time frame to get this film made.They rushed it.Also,you have real,honest to goodness football players trying to act.They are trying to come across as though they are not reading their lines as they speak,but it's obvious that they are.All of that being said,Brian's Song is still an enjoyable film because of it's story.You are watching a friendship develop,evolve,and flourish into a brotherly love.This is the hook that keeps you watching,and ultimately brings you back to see it again.

johnfuen I remember watching this movie on TV when it first aired on ABC TV. I was about 13 years old. And I cried like a baby at the end. This was the first time I ever cried at the end of a movie. And to this day at 47, I still can't watch it without crying just a bit.You have to be dead not to be touched by this movie. James Caan portrayal of Brian Piccolo and Billy Dee Williams portrayal of Gale Sayers touched me emotionally. Jack Warden also did a fine job as George Halas.If you have never seen Brian's Song and want to see a fine movie about friendship, courage, and the human spirit.....see this one.