With a checkered past and a local drunk train a small town high school basketball team, a coach wants to become a top contender for the championship and Hollywood becomes one big booby trap.
26 June 1938, Kokomo, Indiana, USA
1 December 1965, Indiana, USA
17 May 1936, Dodge City, Kansas, USA
10 April 1921, Erick, Oklahoma, USA
2 August 1938, Huntington, Indiana, USA
24 November 1962, Los Angeles, California, USA
18 February 1963, Indiana, USA
May 21, 1960 in New Castle, Indiana, USA
15 February 1931, Columbus, Indiana, USA
30 January 1930, San Bernardino, California, USA
9 December 1963, Lebanon, Indiana, USA
28 August 1967, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
December 1, 1964 in Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
April 22, 2012
An enjoyable, if conventional and manipulative small-town sports melodrama, boasting strong turns from Gene Hackman and Dennis Hopper, who received his only acting nomination for his part.
March 21, 2007
Bobby Knight would not be amused, though Tark the Shark might've had a good laugh at the naive masquerade.
March 21, 2007
Basketball movies don't get any better.
August 01, 2008
Hackman is wonderful as an inarticulate man tense with the struggle to curb a flaring, mysterious anger.
March 21, 2007
Pic belongs to Hackman, but Dennis Hopper gets another opportunity to put in a showy turn as a local misfit.
October 29, 2008
The filmmakers are at the top of their game.
August 05, 2008
[A] compelling, enjoyable yarn.
June 03, 2010
The kind of corny and manipulative pic that makes me glad I'm not a basketball fan.
January 02, 2011
A tale of heroic sportsmanship.
March 24, 2008
The setting in early 1950s Indiana adds nice texture to the story, but the endless games with the usual ups and downs outstay their welcome.
March 21, 2007
Shameless, yes, but open your eyes, close your mind, sit back and enjoy.
February 09, 2006
Cloyingly nostalgic.
