The opening titles play over a young Kurt Warner watching Joe Montana play on the TV
It motivates him to go outside and practice
Jump to Kurt, as a fifth-year player at the University of Northern Iowa
Kurt and his wide receiver hook up for a touchdown
He’s good but he always moves outside the pocket something that aggravates the head coach to no end
Kurt sits in the dorm room at his desk, with a big box TV a VCR, and tapes
watching film footage and making highlight reels of his game, for the upcoming draft
His teammate barges in, and drags him out to the local bar
country music blasts from the speakers, but Kurt isn’t a big fan of country music
he sees a pretty girl named Brenda
having a ball on the dance floor, but doesn’t take a shot
The next day, Kurt asks a teammate to teach him to line dance
and he goes back to the bar, asks the bartender to play a line dance
He cuts in and makes a good impression on Brenda
They dance all night together, but she suddenly leaves without giving him her number
The following day, Brenda is at her parents’ house
She’s trying to get her toddler daughter to eat something,
while her son Zack worries about his broken radio
he is legally blind
meanwhile, there’s a knock at the back door
Brenda goes to check it out, when she sees Kurt standing there with a single red rose
She’s shocked, But doesn’t answer the door
leaves to make herself presentable, while Zack answers the door and lets Kurt in
Immediately Zach is taken with Kurt
He shows him his broken radio, and Kurt mentions it might need a new battery
Zack leads Kurt to the bathroom
opens the top drawer, and shows him new batteries
Kurt switches out the batteries, and the radio starts playing country music
He and Zack begin to hang out and listen to the radio,
while Brenda’s mom watches then eventually introduces herself
She’s impressed with Kurt, and he invites her to his next game
and Brenda wonders why he’s even interested, when he’s seen everything she’s got on her plate
But he’s very interested So much so that when she asks where his car is
he tells her that he walked from the university, which is three miles away
Then she gives him her number
During Kurt’s game, the coach makes him sit on the bench, Which annoys Kurt
He pleads with the coach to let him get the wide receiver for the coach,
But the coach doesn’t put him in the game
At practice, the coach lets him know that he must stay in the pocket in order for him to play
So Kurt stays in the pocket and gets drilled Again and again
He’s determined to prove how bad he wants to play
In the next game Kurt stays in the pocket, and is able to drive his offense to the end zone
He pulls up to Brenda’s house in his used pickup truck, and wants to take her on a date
They go to the lake with the kids Sit on the tailgate and watch the sunset
she tells him about her time in the marines and her faith in God,
and all the blessings she believes He’s sending her
and She tells him that Zack’s father dropped him on his head in the shower,
when he was four months old, but didn’t tell anyone
She spent the next day in the hospital
listening to doctors tell her about how Zack was left brain-damaged
Kurt assures her that he isn’t going anywhere, and that he’s committed to her and the kids
he brings her and Zack to his mom’s house, But she’s not exactly welcoming
They watch the draft and Kurt hopes his name will be called, but knows it will be a long two days
Brenda reminds him that Zack’s birthday party is tomorrow, and Kurt says he will be there
She leaves with the kids in Kurt’s truck, and his mom asks him if he’s ready for all that
and Kurt knows that he wants to move forward with her and the kids
At the birthday party, Brenda sees Kurt enter
She waits for him to tell her if he was drafted, But he simply shakes his head no
Zack makes him light up by giving him a piece of birthday cake
Brenda’s family sits around the dinner table
and Brenda’s father asks Kurt how he thinks the Chicago bears are going to do this year
Kurt starts going into his thoughts
when he suddenly stops, her dad eyes him with a sly smile
and Kurt excitedly asks if someone from the bears called
he says no and Kurt shows his disappointment
But two seconds later the father says the Packers did, and the family celebrate
Kurt gets a signing bonus of $5000 and He uses it to buy a used and green SUV
tells everyone it’s green for the Greenbay Packers
He says goodbye to Brenda and the family, then drives to Wisconsin
At training camp, he watches Brett Favre,
Mark Brunell and former Heisman winner Ty Detmer on the field
The coach waves him in, but Kurt says he can’t because he doesn’t know the playbook
Later that night, Kurt is cut
Back in Iowa, he buys groceries at Hy-Vee market, with food stamps
At the checkout he sees that they are hiring, and asks for an application
Brenda attends nursing school during the day, while Kurt stocks shelves at night
and They try to schedule a date night but unfortunately their schedules don’t line up
Kurt stocks Wheaties boxes, and his co-worker asks him
if he’s ever going to be on the box, but Kurt says it’s not as easy as it looks
Then the co-worker goes long and Kurt passes him a box as a football
but They crash into a tower of stacked goods, The manager comes out, and he says they’ll clean it up
While eating lunch with Brenda, Kurt is approached by Jim Foster coach of the Iowa Barnstormers
he thinks it’s a waste of time
but Brenda takes the card, and Jim leaves cash for them, like it was an accident
Sometime later, Brenda’s dad asks Kurt what his intentions are
Kurt says that he loves Brenda and the kids, but wants to be worthy of her
Which is doesn’t feel he is at this moment
her dad tells him it’s not about the destination it’s about the journey
This hits home with Kurt Then her dad hits him with a curveball
they are moving to Arkansas, and into their dream home
Kurt and Brenda move into a tiny apartment with the kids,
and can barely afford to pay for the heat
During one of the coldest nights in Iowa,
Kurt takes the family and just starts driving in the truck
Out in the middle of nowhere they run out of gas
Kurt tells them to stay in the truck, because he will run two miles back to a gas station
there, Kurt shakes snow off his hoodie pays $4 and some change for gas
and begs the cashier to let him borrow a gas container
Later he vows that he will do whatever to provide for this family
Kurt moves to another town, where the Barnstormers play
There he is reunited with some college teammates, and coach Foster is happy to see him
and He has the team send his checks directly to Brenda
The barnstormers are a good team in the Arena Football League It’s different than the NFL
The sideline is a wall, and the coach tells them to get used to running into it
Kurt’s first game takes place in the same arena as a rodeo show
It’s weird to see goats on the way to the field, but the crowd for the Arena game is packed
Kurt leads his team down the field and scores a touchdown
The coach gives him a hundred dollar bill and Kurt looks puzzled
the coach says it’s in his contract,
that he will get a hundred dollars for every touchdown he throws
Kurt then throws so many touchdowns, and he needs a jar to keep all his money
It’s hard for Kurt and Brenda, being apart and deal with their respective responsibilities,
and They barely have time to have a decent phone conversation
Brenda drives down with the kids to surprise Kurt at his next game
She sees Kurt signing autographs after the game, but can’t get through without a pass
Then she realizes that Zack is missing, and Kurt hears her voice,
then finally finds Zack in the hallway
Later, Kurt and Brenda have an argument about their situation
and Kurt is hurried by teammates to go to a party, but he insists he doesn’t have to go,
and Brenda leaves
On another day, Brenda shows up at Kurt’s apartment
They talk and Brenda wants him to succeed just not with her
and This is the last thing that Kurt wants
In the next game, Kurt throws the game-winning touchdown
but isn’t excited, because it doesn’t mean anything without Brenda
Then, Kurt gets a call from Brenda, and He drives to meet her in Arkansas,
where a tornado just destroyed her parents’ new house
She’s heartbroken that her parents have passed So is Kurt
Her sister and her husband meet them and the kids spread their parents’ ashes
Brenda says that she’ll forever remember this moment
and if Kurt isn’t going to be here for the long haul she wants to do it alone,
But Kurt says that he’ll be here
Later, the adults are sitting by a fire outside the motel
Kurt volunteers to check on the kids, He starts to cry and Zack comforts Kurt
Soon after Kurt and Brenda are married
Kurt leads the barnstormers to the Arena Bowl, but they lose the championship
He’s then approached by a team executive for the St. Louis Rams
It turns out they’ve been trying to get ahold of him for a while,
but coach Foster has been keeping them away
Kurt shows up at the Rams training facility
Head coach Dick Vermeil and offensive coordinator Mike Martz, disagree on whether he is good enough
Kurt gels with the team,
but Martz gets on him for messing up the snap, when it was the center’s fault
but Kurt’s okay taking the heat
Martz calls him into the office and tries to tear him down
but Kurt shows his resilience
Eventually, Kurt makes the team as the backup quarterback
During a pre-season game, the starting quarterback Trent Green gets hurt
He has torn his ACL and will not be returning this season
At a press conference, Dick Vermeil makes an emotional statement
We will rally around Kurt Warner
Brenda makes her way into the locker room, and gives Kurt a last-minute pep talk
She gives him a letter from Zack, and it moves Kurt
In the season opener, Kurt and his teammates Marshall Faulk,
Issac Bruce, and Torry Holt face off against Ray Lewis and the Baltimore Ravens
Kurt takes the field and leads his team to the red zone but it is intercepted
On the sideline, Kurt gets a call from Martz, and he’s ready for his scolding
but Martz tells him, he was only hard on Kurt to see if he could take it
He’s proven he’s worthy of being here, and leading this team
and With that Kurt goes to work
the team works together, and overcomes the huge obstacle of beating the Ravens
Kurt throws three touchdowns in his first NFL start and in the next two games
he throws three touchdowns as well which is an NFL record
In his first season in the NFL Kurt leads the Rams to the Super Bowl and beat the Tennessee Titans
He is named MVP
He would play into two more Super Bowls, one with the Rams one with the Arizona Cardinals
and He would be inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2017
Kurt and Brenda had five more kids, and a few grandkids today