Woodlawn, based on the true story of Birmingham, Alabama’s Woodlawn High School football team, which converted to Christianity and helped heal racial tension in their community, opened in theaters this weekend. It is an independent film produced by brothers Jon and Andy Erwin. The reviews are impressive for a faith-based movie that would typically be dismissed by Hollywood. Cinemascore gave the movie an A+, a grade it has awarded only 60 times. Check out the company Woodlawn is keeping with this stellar rating.

The film earned an A+ Cinemascore rating — the industry standard for measuring audience opinions about films for more than 35 years. Only a few films on average receive the coveted A+ each year — those getting it along with Woodlawn this year include Oscar nominees American Sniper and Selma.” Just over 60 films have received the A+ rating in Cinemascore’s history, including The Blind Side, Titanic, Toy Story 2, Driving Miss Daisy and A Few Good Men.

Read the article “Hollywood Awakening?: Faith-Based Film Woodlawn Gets A+ Reviews” on townhall.com.