Fresh
Sometimes a film feels a bit too pat and yet is impossible to resist.
Neil Genzlinger, New York Times
The Mighty Macs
She dared to dream. They dared to believe.
2011 · 1h 42m · G
Drama
Directed by
Tim Chambers
Overview
In 1971, Cathy Rush becomes the head basketball coach at a tiny, all-girls Catholic college. Though her team has no gym and no uniforms — and the school itself is in danger of being sold — Rush looks to steer her girls to their first national championship.
Director and cast
- Tim Chambers Director
- Carla Gugino as Cathy Rush
- Marley Shelton as Sister Sunday
- Ellen Burstyn as Mother St. John
- David Boreanaz as Ed Rush
- Jennifer Butler Cast
- Katie Hayek as Trish Sharkey
- Kim Blair as Lizanne Caufield
- Meghan Sabia as Jen Galentino
- Margaret Anne Florence as Rosemary Keenan
- Kate Nowlin as Colleen McCann
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
44%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Without resorting to any trick plays, "The Mighty Macs" is the equivalent of high-top Converse All-Stars: timeless and effective, but perhaps not flashy enough for the kids at the mall.
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Rotten
The blandly inspirational sports flick "The Mighty Macs" is warm- spirited but all too obvious, even as the charms of its lead performer Carla Gugino help sell this familiar story.
Kyle Smith, New York Post
Fresh
There's something refreshingly unpushy about the movie and its beliefs, and Gugino seems to be sauntering through on her way to a different, spikier movie, the kind that is her stock in trade.
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News
Rotten
[It's] given such old-fashioned, kid-gloves treatment that its potential warmth and excitement caves under the weight of writer-producer-director Tim Chambers' good intentions.
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times
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