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Critics Consensus: A pedictable and heavy-handed sports drama.
Critic Consensus: A pedictable and heavy-handed sports drama.
All Critics (32) | Top Critics (16) | Fresh (9) | Rotten (23) | DVD (3)
You've seen a movie that has the exact same scene after scene and the sport's just been different.
A touching, spirited family movie that, in the Rocky tradition, is about a sports challenge that represents the hopes and aspirations of characters with little reason to expect success.
A stubbornly up-with-people schmaltzfest, it's the kind of corn that gives angst a good name.
Madison brings us the news that miracles really can happen, and an apparent case of divine intervention is the only reason this artifact is being dumped into theaters.
There isn't a scene, an action or a character that rings true, yet the narrative summary of the events that inspired it is a matter of record.
What is it about Indiana that inspires movies about small-town dreamers who come from behind to win?
...the film's storyline follows an exceedingly familiar trajectory.
There is one major difference between the two, however. Hoosiers is a fantastic movie, maybe the best sports-related motion picture ever made; Madison, quite simply, is not.
As the clichés mount up, it's easy to see why the film has been waiting for a release since 2001.
Madison only reinforces stereotypes that 'old-fashioned' and 'small-town' mean 'good' while 'modern' and 'big city' mean 'bad.'
It is done with such sincerity and good feeling that I found myself far more interested in the proceedings that I could have possibly expected.
Unembarrassed with its rah-rah populism, the movie is definitely anti-cynicism, and often quite enjoyable in its sincerity.
I grew up near Madison, Indiana, lived there briefly and spent a lot of time there - so this movie is kind of special to me for those reasons. Other than that it's not really very good.
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