Radio (2003)
Average Rating: 5/10
Reviews Counted: 117
Fresh: 42 | Rotten: 75
The story is heavy on syrupy uplift and turns Radio into a saint/cuddly pet.
Average Rating: 4.9/10
Critic Reviews: 34
Fresh: 9 | Rotten: 25
The story is heavy on syrupy uplift and turns Radio into a saint/cuddly pet.
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Hollywood filmmaker Michael Tollin directs the sports drama Radio, based on a true story and adapted for the screen by Mike Rich (The Rookie). Set in a small South Carolina town during the '60s, the film stars Ed Harris as Harold Jones, a high school football coach who barely has time to spend with his daughter, Mary Helen (Sarah Drew), or his wife, Linda (Debra Winger). When Coach Jones meets the mentally challenged student who goes by the name of Radio (Cuba Gooding Jr.), he allows him to help
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Cast
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Cuba Gooding Jr.
James Robert "Radio" Ke... -
Ed Harris
Coach Harold Jones -
Alfre Woodard
Principal Reynolds -
S. Epatha Merkerson
Maggie Kennedy -
Brent Sexton
Honeycutt -
Chris Mulkey
Frank -
Sarah Drew
Mary Helen -
Riley Smith
Johnny -
Patrick Breen
Tucker -
Debra Winger
Linda Jones -
Harold W. Jones
Himself -
Mike Anthony
Himself -
James Gooden
Teacher -
Rebecca Koon
Waitress -
Tammy Christine Arnold
Woman in Stands -
Mark Robert Ellis
Football Referee -
Michael Flippo
Bus Driver -
Therond Justin Adams
Laird -
Evan Aldrich
Danny -
Joseph E.G. Barrett
Autograph Kid -
Bert Beatson
Hoop Player -
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Megan Coffman
Melodee -
Othello Coleman III
Hanna Player -
Rev. Eugene Cryer Jr.
Pastor Wickland -
Charles Garren
Clive -
Michael Harding
Irv the Cop -
James Robert "Radio" Kenn...
Himself -
Michael Kroeker
Young Cop -
William E. Lykes
Assistant Coach -
Dorothy McDowell
Joyce Ann Yearwood -
Deborah McTeer
Linda's Friend -
Jamie Murdaugh
Student -
Ty O'Farrell
Ron Wilborn -
Benjamin L. Peters Jr.
Hallway Kid -
Kasheem J. Peterson
Football Player -
Kate Powell
Honeycutt's Squeeze -
Shelley Reid
Cop #2 -
Bill Roberson
Del -
Hi Bedford Roberson
School Receptionist -
Leonard Wheeler
Hoop Referee -
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All Critics (125) | Top Critics (36) | Fresh (45) | Rotten (76) | DVD (23)
Based-on- a-true-story kitschfest.
Top Critic[Y]et another movie that takes a mentally challenged character and turns him into this kind of deity, this saint-like mascot who everybody else learns life lessons from.
Gooding once again embarrasses himself in public with a performance that knows no shame, a habit he's getting frighteningly at ease with these days.
A train wreck of a film lying inert where the tracks of the Feel Good Line cross the Path of Good Intentions.
Though probably well-intentioned, Radio comes off as manipulative of its audience and exploitative of the mentally challenged.
Rarely have good intentions been wrapped in such a sticky package.
Lesson of kindness permeates inspiring true story.
Despite the fine efforts of Harris and Gooding, Jr., Radio nearly drowns in James Horner's overbearingly sentimental music.
Awful from start to finish.
The screenwriter seems obsessed with introducing dramatic conflict, which feels both strained and convenient.
Tune in for another formulaic feel-good story that will warm your heart and chill your mind.
Extras ... include a look at the making of the movie, and at the real Coach Herman Jones and Radio ...
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- James Robert "Radio" Kennedy: Where's my pie!?
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