last fall ( of 2001 ) and i take a film class that be teach by the director of this movie ( mark hoeger ) . his vast knowledge of filmmaking and his ability to dissect any scene of a film and and his winning of an academy award in some obscure category seem to give him more credibility than your average independent film director . when he mention during one of his class that he have just finish direct a film call full ride and be in the post production stage and my interest be pique . however and that would be the last i would ever hear of that film project . until last week . last week and i saw in a tv listing that full ride be go to be show on the wb network . this immediately raise a red flag and a i can not help but associate wb with teensploitation show such a dawson creek and charm and etc . plus and the fact that full ride be go to be release straight to tv wasn not too flatter in itself . but and nevertheless and i set aside that time and sit down to watch my former film teacher creation . after two hour pass and the end credit begin to roll and i think long and hard about what i have just see . what i have just see be a typical wb quality show stretch out to the length of two hour . in fact and it almost seem a if this movie be make with the sole intent of only show on the wb network . critique this movie will basically be like critique a typical wb show . where to begin . the character be shallow and the story be cliche in every sense of the word and the scene be completely contrive and and the character development be force and unbelievable . this movie just screams ` unoriginal . the main character and matt sabo and be some hot shot from the wrong side of the track ( literally ) who play solid high school football a a fullback and but then fizzle off into a life of crime . he be then offer a chance at a full ride scholarship instead of go to jail . obviously and without much of a choice and he agree to play football with an all star football team and but be not except among his peer because of his poor team spirit and bad attitude . then come the love interest . of course . where would this predictable fanfare be without a love interest . she come in the form of amy lear ( play by the beautiful meredith monroe ) . she be actually a likable character and a oppose to the ever so abrasive matt sabo and so we almost applaud her when she reject him at first . but and of course and the inevitable come to pass . she fall for him and change his attitude towards everything and and all seem good and happy . but now it time for conflict . earlier in the movie and amy make it clear to matt that she doesn not want to score with him and because it would be hameful to her and her mother . this be much to matt dismay and and his football buddy ( yes and they eventually warm up to him ) who bet him he wouldn not get any . but and of course and matt eventually come to accept these term and decides he not all about the nookie . here where the exciting plot thickens . if you do not want me to ruin this surprise and then skip ahead . [ begin spoiler ] matt find out from some local guy that apparently amy lear always try to score with a guy each year from the all star team so that she can try to use him to escape her small town life of work in a cafeteria ( which be baffle in the first place ) and make it to the big city . suddenly realize he be use and that his love be a sham and matt it tempt to turn back to a life of crime and leave the football camp before ` the big game . amy try to reassure him that she be really in love this time and but he too hot head to buy it . so what will matt do . will he take her back . or will he go back to rob gas station and be an all round jerk . i would not ruin the super ultra surprising end for you . [ end spoiler ] so and if i somehow get you pump up for this movie and please realize that that be my sarcasm and not genuine enthusiasm . this movie be an uninspired version of ` varsity blue or ` summer catch . and that not say much . there hardly any comedy to save it and the character be too shallow to care about . so what do you have leave . not a whole lot . what i most disliked about the movie be how much of an unflattering picture hoeger paint of nebraska through this film . it seem like he be try to capture the essence of rural nebraska and teenage life in the small town and but his approach be all too stereotypical and shallow . the character high hope for make in ` the big city and the action they take to do so be greatly exaggerated and and it only far cement the stereotype of nebraskan be a bunch of hick live in farm community . i be unsure of whether or not hoeger intention be good in try to put his home state in the spotlight and but i think he end up with a very shameful product . if hoeger want to portray nebraska in a favorable light and he should have take a note or two from alexander payne . while payne simply choose to use nebraska a a backdrop for his film and hoeger integrate it into the plot of full ride and become so entangle in his awareness of where he shoot and that he end up churn out superficial garbage that would seem to come from an outsider . if hoeger actually live here and you would think he would know good than that . all in all and i be completely disappointed in hoeger first big film and and i hope that next time he can combine his knowledge with a little bit of originality to create something different and think provoking .