12 Mighty Orphans

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12 Mighty Orphans
12 Mighty Orphans poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byTy Roberts
Screenplay by
Based onTwelve Mighty Orphans: The Inspiring True Story of the Mighty Mites Who Ruled Texas Football
by Jim Dent
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyDavid McFarland
Edited byJames K. Crouch
Music byMark Orton
Production
companies
  • Greenbelt Films
  • Michael De Luca Productions
  • Santa Rita Film Co.
  • 12 Productions
Distributed bySony Pictures Classics
Release date
  • June 11, 2021 (2021-06-11)
Running time
118 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$3.7 million[1]

12 Mighty Orphans is a 2021 American sports film which was directed by Ty Roberts from a screenplay by Roberts, Lane Garrison and Kevin Meyer. It is based upon the non fiction book Twelve Mighty Orphans: The Inspiring True Story of the Mighty Mites Who Ruled Texas Football by Jim Dent, which is based on the school of orphans. Inventor and civil rights advocate Blake R Van Leer was also an orphan here in the past.[2]

It stars Luke Wilson, Vinessa Shaw, Wayne Knight, Jake Austin Walker, Jacob Lofland, Levi Dylan, Robert Duvall and Martin Sheen. The film was released in the United States on June 11, 2021 by Sony Pictures Classics. It received mixed reviews from critics.

Plot[]

A coach arrives at the Masonic School for Orphans and creates an alternative football team with some of the orphan boys.

Cast[]

Production[]

Principal photography took place for seven weeks from October 7 to November 25, 2019 in Weatherford,[3] Cleburne,[4] and Fort Worth, Texas.[5][6][7][8][9][10] It is based on the non fiction book of the same name by Jim Dent.[11][12][13] Alice Eve was initially attached to the project early in the development, but dropped out for unknown reasons shortly afterwards.[14]

Release[]

Sony Pictures Classics acquired worldwide distribution rights to the film in January 2021, five months pending the official release.[15] It was released in a limited release on June 11, 2021 which was followed by a wide expansion one week later on June 18, 2021.[16] The movie was released in the United Kingdom three months later on September 17, 2021.[17]

Reception[]

Box Office[]

In its opening weekend, the film was released alongside Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway and In the Heights and made $251,569 from 132 theatres. It expanded to 1,047 theatres the following weekend, making an estimated $870,000 and finishing in eighth place at the box office.[18]

Critical Response[]

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 64% based on 85 reviews with an average rating of 6/10. The site’s critics consensus reads: “12 Mighty Orphans will rouse faithful fans of old fashioned inspirational sports dramas, but the target audience has seen this sort of thing done more effectively before.”[19]

According to Metacritic, which assigned a weighted average score of 44 out of 100 based on fourteen critics, the film received “mixed or average reviews”.[20] Audiences surveyed by PostTrak gave the film an 80% positive score, with 75% saying they would definitely recommend it.[18]

References[]

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  13. ^ Kroll, Justin (23 October 2019). "Luke Wilson's Sports Drama '12 Mighty Orphans' Adds Jake Austin Walker (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Archived from the original on 30 December 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
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  16. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (April 16, 2021). "Sony Pictures Classics Sets Summer Release For Luke Wilson & Martin Sheen Football Drama '12 Mighty Orphans'". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on April 16, 2021. Retrieved April 16, 2021.
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  20. ^ "12 Might Orphans Reviews". Metacritic. Red Ventures. Retrieved October 27, 2021.

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