Tua Tagovailoa gives a shout-out to the movie Sound of Freedom.

Love that he used his platform to do this.#SoundOfFreedom pic.twitter.com/y0Jz1Wz2Fv

— Barry Cunningham (@barrycunningham) August 16, 2023

“What kind of role do you think you play in just getting the guys together and getting the off-field conversations and getting that bond together?” a reporter asked Tagovailoa.

“Yeah, I think it’s really, really good.” Tagovailoa responded. “We had an off day yesterday coming here. Went to dinner with the guys on Monday. And then we also got to go watch a movie yesterday, so it was cool. It was like a movie fest yesterday. Just movie hopping. Watched ‘Oppenheimer,’ that was pretty good. Freaking long. That’s a long movie, oh my gosh. ‘Sound of Freedom’ is good. Yeah, ‘Sound of Freedom’ is definitely really good. You guys should watch that. Especially you guys with kids.”

[It’s a couple of days old, but it’s a good sign for a good film with its heart in the right place. According to Box Office Mojo, it’s still competing in the summer market, too. On the daily chart, it’s still in sixth place, and it is edging out the Mission: Impossible film (also good) for daily receipts and trouncing the Indiana Jones 5 film despite having four fewer days in the theater. At 44 days, it’s only slightly behind Disney’s “Haunted Mansion” in #5 although that film has only been out for 20 days. For total ticket sales, it only trails the current films Barbie and Oppenheimer, having just passed Indiana Jones 5. Amazing. — Ed]