Hackman is wonderful as an inarticulate man tense with the struggle to curb a flaring, mysterious anger.
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08/01/08
Hoosiers (1987)
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Reviews Counted:9
Fresh:8
Rotten:1
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
1 - 9 (sorted by date)
Top CriticShameless, yes, but open your eyes, close your mind, sit back and enjoy.
03/21/07
Top CriticBobby Knight would not be amused, though Tark the Shark might've had a good laugh at the naive masquerade.
03/21/07
Top CriticBasketball movies don't get any better.
03/21/07
Top CriticPic belongs to Hackman, but Dennis Hopper gets another opportunity to put in a showy turn as a local misfit.
03/21/07
Top CriticThis film's very lack of surprise and sophistication accounts for a lot of its considerable charm.
05/20/03
Top CriticThe movie's enormous craftsmanship accumulates till you're actually seduced into believing all its Pepperidge Farm buncombe. That's quite an achievement.
01/01/00
Top CriticEven though we've seen it all before, Hoosiers scores big by staying small.
01/01/00
Top CriticIt's a movie that is all heart.
01/01/00
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