The film is about the life of the famous University of Notre Dame football coach, Knute Rockne. It mostly concentrates on his time as coach with a bit about his pre-coaching days thrown in as well. A few of his exploits are exaggerated a bit, though he was an amazing man in many ways....practically a legend.
"Knute Rockne All American" is schmaltzy, through and through. It relies heavily on sentimentality and practically raises Knute Rockne to sainthood...giving a very enjoyable but rather one-dimensional portrait of the man. But here's the rub...Warner Brothers was GREAT with this sort of overt sentimentality...and here, despite the sappy script at times, it's entertaining and well worth seeing.
"Knute Rockne All American" is schmaltzy, through and through. It relies heavily on sentimentality and practically raises Knute Rockne to sainthood...giving a very enjoyable but rather one-dimensional portrait of the man. But here's the rub...Warner Brothers was GREAT with this sort of overt sentimentality...and here, despite the sappy script at times, it's entertaining and well worth seeing.