Movie Review: The Goal (2006)

I rented this movie via Netflix which described it as a film about two quadriplegic athletes who find purpose through joining a wheelchair rugby team.

Although I found the depiction of the accident melodramatic, the second half of the movie picked up a bit. Wheelchair users were shown skiing, camping and doing peer counseling. Although the star of the film was able bodied, the cast did include a number of people with disabilities.

I do recommend this film, especially for a hilarious camping scene - where two wheelchair users wind up having a good laugh at themselves after a new wheelchair user tries to get water from a stream - at the bottom of a steep hill. The message it sent out was basically one that is worthwhile : those of us in wheelchairs can do many things people assume we cannot - and we'd rather learn to laugh at ourselves if it doesn't work out than settle.