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Disney's inspirational sports drama formula might be old hat, but McFarland, USA proves it still works -- especially with a talented director and eminently likable star in the mix.
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McFarland, USA is a modern anomaly -- a Kevin Costner sports movie that's genuinely rousing. Sep 24, 2015 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
McFarland, USA is a modern anomaly -- a Kevin Costner sports movie that's genuinely rousing.
Kevin Maher
You run with it, just. Sep 24, 2015 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
You run with it, just.
Mike McCahill
Yes, "McFarland USA" has the obligatory coda where we found out how everything played out for the coach and the key members of that 1987 team. You should stick around for that. Feb 26, 2015 | Rating: 3.5
Yes, "McFarland USA" has the obligatory coda where we found out how everything played out for the coach and the key members of that 1987 team. You should stick around for that.
Richard Roeper
The latest in a long line of condescendingly inspirational sports movies about a catalog Caucasian who learns that people of other races are also capable of being decent. Feb 23, 2015 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
The latest in a long line of condescendingly inspirational sports movies about a catalog Caucasian who learns that people of other races are also capable of being decent.
David Ehrlich
Here's a movie that should be disposable at best, and racially condescending at worst, and yet it sticks with you. It comes by its emotions honestly and wins you over. Feb 21, 2015 | Full Review…
Here's a movie that should be disposable at best, and racially condescending at worst, and yet it sticks with you. It comes by its emotions honestly and wins you over.
Bilge Ebiri
You fall for the kids playing the runners because Caro lets their souls come through in the bus rides and the race sequences and the shameless scenes of cabbage picking. Feb 20, 2015 | Full Review…
You fall for the kids playing the runners because Caro lets their souls come through in the bus rides and the race sequences and the shameless scenes of cabbage picking.
Wesley Morris
Sure, at the end of the day, it may be just another sports drama, replete with generic dramatic shifts and cutesy comic relief, but Caro manages to sail us through a tale that ends with an emotional, even inspirational triumph. Sep 18, 2019 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…
Sure, at the end of the day, it may be just another sports drama, replete with generic dramatic shifts and cutesy comic relief, but Caro manages to sail us through a tale that ends with an emotional, even inspirational triumph.
Nicholas Bell
Likely helped by its factual, period grounding the end result is an old-fashioned offering that's authentically rousing. May 3, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Likely helped by its factual, period grounding the end result is an old-fashioned offering that's authentically rousing.
Stephen O'Nion
A family film that will inspire everyone. Apr 30, 2019 | Rating: A | Full Review…
A family film that will inspire everyone.
Rachel Wagner
It's like some sort of patriotic, eye-opening acid trip. These hard-working kids deserve to win, goddammit! You know what they really deserve? A movie of their own. Mar 14, 2019 | Rating: 5.5 | Full Review…
It's like some sort of patriotic, eye-opening acid trip. These hard-working kids deserve to win, goddammit! You know what they really deserve? A movie of their own.
Bernard Boo
Tells its by-the-bootstraps story so winningly that, predictable though it may be, it's still hard not to find it thoroughly rousing. Nov 16, 2018 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
Tells its by-the-bootstraps story so winningly that, predictable though it may be, it's still hard not to find it thoroughly rousing.
Zaki Hasan
Regardless of the sometimes flat emotional acting, the story still maintains its ability to pull on your heartstrings. Aug 21, 2018 | Full Review…
Regardless of the sometimes flat emotional acting, the story still maintains its ability to pull on your heartstrings.
Pamela Powell
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