The Halfback Of Notre Dame

Amiable, but unremarkable. That best describes this teen love story, which relies on sports movie cliches and allusions to Victor Hugo's classic tale in its effort to be interesting. The movie premiered on the Showtime cable network and later was released to home video.

Halfback Craig "Crazy" Modeau (Gabriel Hogan)--a sweet lug--is the unheralded MVP of the Notre Dame High School football team. Popular quarterback Archie (Allen Cutler)--a rich brat--thinks he's the reason for the team's success. Their coach (Scott Hylands) is Craig's father, who only cares about the city championship and getting his son to the pros. Beautiful Esmeralda (Emmanuelle Vaugier), a Fr...