It follows an underdog Latter-day Saint church basketball team and their attempts to make it to the championship in the league's last season.

Church expectations of brotherly love, sportsmanship, and fellowship fall prey to competitive fierceness in the effort to win, while Dennis works to bring unity and cooperation.

The original script for the film was written years beforehand by Kurt Hale, Paul Eagleston, and Stephen Rose.

Andrew Wilson, Clint Howard, and Fred Willard were later cast as Dennis Buckstead, Gene Jensen, and Bishop Linderman, respectively.

[5] The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes surveyed twelve critics and reported a 17 percent approval rating.