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| Director
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Thomas Carter |
| Starring
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Samuel L. Jackson, Rick Gonzalez,
Robert Ri'chard |
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| The plot of
Coach Carter |
Controversy
surrounds high school basketball coach Ken Carter
(Jackson) after he benches his entire team for
their breaking their academic contract with him. |
| Coach Carter
Movie Review |
Reviewed by
Shawn McKenzie :
If anyone knows me personally, they know that I’m
not a big fan of sports. That’s no slam to the
people who do like them or play in them; I just don’t
like them myself. They bore me, at least to watch, because
they don’t have the same drama as a movie or a
TV show for me. I do like sports movies though. It’s
kind of like competitive reality shows; all of the thrill
of watching a game plus the drama that surrounds it
before, during, and after the event. Lately though,
they have become so clichéd and sappy that they
have become as boring to me as the real sports that
they portray within. Fortunately, for the latest “inspirational”
sports movie Coach Carter, this one manages to have
some heart and avoid some of the clichés that
most other sports movies have been guilty of doing.
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Review By Qwipster's
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I'll admit, I have a soft spot for feel-good,
inspirational sports films, but Coach Carter didn't
quite have the stuff to win me over. This is a film
without many surprises, going through predictable motions
in the most formulaic of ways, and takes its sweet time
doing it. So what makes it worse than most others that
have tried to cover the same ground that I've given
recommendations to? What it cuts down to is a double
shot of implausibility mixed with too many subplots
that bog down the momentum into "television movie
of the week" fodder. More..
Reviewed by Sean O'Connell :
Even those unfamiliar with real-life high school basketball
coach Ken Carter might find familiar elements in the
inspirational drama based on his achievements. After
all, how many different ways can you tell the story
of a coach who inherits a team torn apart and transforms
them from chaotic underachievers to state title contenders?
Except in this case, the events actually happened. Coach
Carter (Samuel L. Jackson) benched his undefeated Richmond
Oilers in 1999 because the team failed to meet academic
requirements he established at the start of the season.
Amid protests from both school faculty and area parents,
Carter locked his players out of the gymnasium and drove
them into the library until their grades were up to
snuff.
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