🎬 Woody Harrelson plays a former minor league basketball coach, who is court-ordered to lead a team of mentally disabled players. It's a story we've seen before, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. | ✍️ alanimv
The genre of “feel-good amateur sports” is one that usually pleases many and makes you leave the theater in a good mood. It’s a genre that doesn’t have the intensity or athletic stakes of something like, starring Woody Harrelson, sure does hit on a lot of the tropes of the wholesome movie about a grumpy coach changing his heart because of his kids. That doesn’t make it unenjoyable, but it can definitely be a selective watch.
Interestingly , though, Harrelson plays Marcus as pretty accepting from the get-go once he meets his team . You’d expect someone like Marcus to be mean or have a short patience with these young adults, but Harrelson’s amusement and genuine liking for these actors seems to make that impossible.
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