Rotten
This is supposed to be about setting high standards, yet it's full of fudged ultimatums; in the end I couldn't be sure whether its morality was complex or just confused.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Coach Carter
It begins on the streets. It ends here.
2005 · 2h 16m · PG-13
Drama, History
Directed by
Thomas Carter
Overview
Based on a true story, in which Richmond High School head basketball coach Ken Carter made headlines in 1999 for benching his undefeated team due to poor academic results.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
63%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Samuel L. Jackson shouts, yells, bellows, and screams his way through the fact-inspired film
Nathan Rabin, AV Club
Rotten
Although this is an inspirational genre pic that pushes all the requisite buttons throughout, you cana(TM)t help but feel that rather than benching the team, director Thomas Carter should have benched a few of those ham-fisted sporting clichA (C)s instead.
Chris Tilly, Time Out
Fresh
Saved by bursts of energy and inventiveness.
Ken Tucker, New York Magazine/Vulture
Rotten
Carter gives every sports-drama cliche a chance to play. No bad idea is benched.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
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