You don't have to be a Green Bay Packers fan or even a sports fan to enjoy Green and Gold. This drama has solid acting in telling a heartfelt story about a farm family who makes an unusual bet in order to save the farm from foreclosure.

| Feb 22, 2025

There's a lot to enjoy in this love letter to rural America, which offers a familiar story of generational change and features two strong lead actors.

| Feb 12, 2025

Lindwall’s film is an engrossing working-class story about faith, farming, and football—a love letter to those who pride themselves on being salt-of-the-earth.

| Original Score: B- | Feb 5, 2025

Despite some compelling performances, Green and Gold’s most costly fumble is forced by its cliche-ridden script.

| Original Score: 2.25/5 | Feb 4, 2025

Green and Gold warms your soul with an inspirational story of Midwestern fellowship, unbreakable family bonds, and die-hard fans of the Green Bay Packers.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Feb 2, 2025

A remarkable gem of a film.

| Original Score: 3.5/4.0 | Feb 1, 2025

Very little of what happens in “Green and Gold” can accurately be described as surprising.

| Feb 1, 2025

Like current Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love, Green and Gold is a bust. Signed, a Chicago Bears fan who wants sports movies to be good regardless of what team they are centered on

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 31, 2025

Everybody who worked on Green and Gold brought their A-game and made what could have been your run-of-the-mill drama into a truly sublime movie.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Jan 31, 2025

Practical dirtiness never looked so majestic.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 31, 2025

It's hokum, but at least it's mostly well-intentioned hokum.

| Jan 31, 2025

Green and Gold is an exceptional story about the struggles of rural America and the importance of family, interwoven with the Green Bay Packers.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jan 31, 2025

Craig T. Nelson and Madison Lawlor deliver a winning relationship, reminding us of all that do love football, why it is so special to us. It’s not about the touchdowns; it’s about the people cheering and crying along with us.

| Original Score: 6.5/10 | Jan 31, 2025

Craig T. Nelson powers sobering look at an era coming to a close.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 31, 2025

Meaning well and making a good, thoughtful, and authentic movie ... are very different things.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 31, 2025

Something of a shaggy dog story “inspired by true events,” according to a title card, that aims to pull at our heartstrings.

| Jan 31, 2025

Even those of us who bleed Navy blue and burnt orange can embrace the messaging and the spirit of “Green and Gold.”

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 31, 2025

Appropriately brought to you by the marketing folks at Culver’s, the movie is empty-calorie fast food for beleaguered souls hankering to savor the last morsels of the Agrarian Myth.

| Original Score: C- | Jan 30, 2025

“Green and Gold” is loaded with strong performances starting with Nelson. He plays the role with the kind of stubborn optimism that has kept farmers going for centuries.

| Original Score: B | Jan 30, 2025

The offering isn’t original, and Lindwall is determined to hit every cliché he can, but he has a strong cast to help sell the effort’s emotional beats, making performances the most compelling aspect of the endeavor.

| Original Score: C | Jan 29, 2025