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A really great movie. A strict coach that only accepts educated teenagers to his team. Story is great!

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Posted mar 26, 2008 10:09 pm pt

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A really good movie that shows that one person who has got dedication can make a differance. Coach Carter wanted to help these kids and that is what he does when he gave them that contract and the best thing of it all is that they wanted it as...
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A really good movie that shows that one person who has got dedication can make a differance. Coach Carter wanted to help these kids and that is what he does when he gave them that contract and the best thing of it all is that they wanted it as well.. They did not like it in the begining but they learned to live with it and they knew it was all for them.

There parents did not understand it either when there was the lock up they only saw the big picture which was basketball but they did not see what Coach Carter saw and that is education and dicipline. Coach Cater made all the differance in there lives and that is why they succeeded at the end...

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Posted oct 27, 2007 3:58 am pt

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Based on a true story, Coah Carter is more about the social problems facing the poor black students in the states than the sport of basketball. While the movie is mediocre in all the artistic aspects, it's message is important and inspirational....
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Based on a true story, Coah Carter is more about the social problems facing the poor black students in the states than the sport of basketball. While the movie is mediocre in all the artistic aspects, it's message is important and inspirational. Yes, the movie is emotionally manipulative with its embarrassingly corny dialogue and cliched storylines, but its message about the failure of the American education system to help the black students ("it's designed for them to fail") and how important education is to stop the cycle of violence and poverty in the black community makes the movie worth watching.

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Posted jul 22, 2007 1:19 am pt

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I loved this movie.Basketball is great and so was the game in there.One of the best movies I have ever seen. 5 stars.

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Posted may 7, 2007 12:32 am pt

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It's your typical sports movie about a high school basketball team, but I bought into the movie. The movie is shot great, the actors are all good. I was a sucker for this film. 10/10.

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Posted mar 22, 2007 1:26 am pt

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This isn't my favorite basketball movie because I've seen this before. I've seen it so many times in so many different movies. A team thats not good/troubled and comes to be a great team that work together. Its probably not the worst, but its...
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This isn't my favorite basketball movie because I've seen this before. I've seen it so many times in so many different movies. A team thats not good/troubled and comes to be a great team that work together. Its probably not the worst, but its certinly not the best.

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Posted jan 6, 2007 2:08 am pt

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I watched this movie, thinking it’s going to be just another Basketball movie. In fact, the very first sections of the movie gave a hint that’s it going to be comeback story of basketball team. But WOW, the movie is not at all what...
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I watched this movie, thinking it’s going to be just another Basketball movie. In fact, the very first sections of the movie gave a hint that’s it going to be comeback story of basketball team. But WOW, the movie is not at all what I expected. It’s a brilliant movie in my view. Story line is superb and the actibg of Samuel Jackson is incredible as well.

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Posted jan 2, 2007 7:25 am pt

• [+] Washington Post
  
  80
  This entry in a rather stale genre deserves to be put at the head of the class.

  by Sean Daly | Read Full Review »
• [+] Miami Herald
  
  75
  Descended from a long and healthy line of high school-sports and academic-achievement films, a hip-hop "Hoosiers" bolstered by a generous helping of "Stand and Deliver" and "Lean On Me."

  by Connie Ogle | Read Full Review »
• [+] Premiere
  
  75
  A sports flick that's a worthy addition to the genre.

  by Sara Brady | Read Full Review »
• [+] New York Daily News
  
  75
  By turns funny, touching and genuinely inspiring.

  by Elizabeth Weitzman | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Sun-Times
  
  75
  Jackson has the usual big speeches assigned to all coaches in all sports movies, and delivers on them, big time. His passion makes familiar scenes feel new.

  by Roger Ebert | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Tribune
  
  75
  A true story, feel-good parable and a respectable, uplifting descendent of "To Sir, With Love" and "Lean On Me."

  by Sid Smith | Read Full Review »
• [+] Philadelphia Inquirer
  
  75
  It's fair to say that Coach Carter is more an education film than it is a sports movie.

  by Carrie Rickey | Read Full Review »
• [+] Washington Post
  
  70
  Covers every cliche in the Hollywood sports movie playbook, but it also makes the routine much more enjoyable than you'd expect.

  by Desson Thomson | Read Full Review »
• [+] Film Threat
  
  70
  Unfortunately, the accompanying story threads tend to bog down the action rather than provide contrast between the games.

  by James Wegg | Read Full Review »
• [+] Variety
  
  70
  Both an inspirational sports movie and an unexpected multi-level urban drama that plays by its own clock.

  by Robert Koehler | Read Full Review »
• [+] Salon.com
  
  70
  Coach Carter, its flaws aside, is as interesting for what it doesn't do as for what it does.

  by Stephanie Zacharek | Read Full Review »
• [+] New York Magazine
  
  70
  Jackson's wonderfully nuanced, witty performance, and a few unexpected plot turns, give Coach Carter a subtext that helps complicate such knee-jerk oversimplifications, redeeming the role with energetic humor and a loose-limbed grace.

  by Ken Tucker | Read Full Review »
• [+] Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  
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  While the movie may border on teen exploitation in many scenes, its heart and values are mostly in the right place, and it qualifies its thrill of victory with a very sober message: few high school athletes become NBA millionaires, many are cheated out of an education.

  by William Arnold | Read Full Review »
• [+] Boston Globe
  
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  Who's it for? How do you put this message across without it seeming medicinal? Sure, MTV is among the movie's producers, but what 11th grader wants to spend a Friday night being hit with such a blunt instrument?

  by Wesley Morris | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
  
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  When [Jackcson]'s not on camera, Coach Carter feels like the two-hour opus it is -- too long, too banal, a bit ridiculous. But when he is, nothing else seems to matter, and how sublime is that.

  by Rick Groen | Read Full Review »