Pic belongs to Hackman, but Dennis Hopper gets another opportunity to put in a showy turn as a local misfit.
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03/21/07
Hoosiers (1987)
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Reviews Counted:41
Fresh:37
Rotten:4
Average Rating:7.4/10
Consensus: It may adhere to the sports underdog formula, but Hoosiers has been made with such loving craft, and features such excellent performances, that it’s hard to resist.
Runtime: 1 hr 55 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Based on the incredible true story of how a small-town high school's basketball team became Indiana State Champs in 1954. This film follows the controversial outsider who came to town to teach high... [More]
Starring: Gene Hackman, Dennis Hopper, Barbara Hershey, David Neidorf
Director: David Anspaugh
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Reviews for Hoosiers
It should come as little surprise that this solid, sentimental movie about basketball is set in Indiana, where babies are given roundballs before they get rattles.
03/21/07
It is oddly affecting, because it feels true.
06/13/01
No review available.
08/22/03
No review available.
10/09/05
No review available.
08/08/02
...it's easy enough to see why Hoosiers has become one of the most endearing sports movies in cinematic history.
10/22/05
[A] compelling, enjoyable yarn.
08/05/08
No review available.
06/27/05
A basketball coach in a small town proves that lives can be reclaimed even if one has messed up in the past.
07/18/03
You don’t have to be a basketball fan to enjoy this movie. But if you are, you’ll appreciate it all the more.
01/01/00
An inspiring documentary that follows an eccentric basketball coach and his ferociously talented girls' team as they battle to overcome adversity and kick the ass of gender stereotypes.
03/24/08
Basketball movies don't get any better.
03/21/07
Top Critica high-spirited crowdpleaser, well-performed
08/22/02
This film's very lack of surprise and sophistication accounts for a lot of its considerable charm.
05/20/03
Top CriticBarely a single frame of this movie is less than compelling.
05/26/06
No review available.
11/15/02
Hoosiers contains enough pleasures to make anyone without a heart of stone put aside cynicism and root for the underdogs.
03/10/02
No review available.
08/10/02
A sound -- if manipulative -- sports movie.
11/05/03
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