This is a sports inspiration movie. It hits all the marks that a sports inspiration movie traditionally offers, so if you're looking for that, you'll find it. It's very american (as am I), perhaps a whisper too american in its chest beating. I said a whisper.
Also, it leave a big plot hole on the cutting room floor. The coach's character, as depicted here, is either merely phoning in his coaching duties, or he has an insightful plan to bring this team together. This movie suggests the first, but never reveals the latter. In this kind of story, it's not the kind of thing that enhances the film by leaving audiences wonder.
What's missing big time, is an epilogue. This story begs for it, since none of its characters is known to 90% of americans. And since it's a true story, and an important one in american international sports. It lacks the raw heart of something like Rudy, and it lacks the clear-eyed cynicism of how national sports teams are managed, like Chariots of Fire,
Also, it leave a big plot hole on the cutting room floor. The coach's character, as depicted here, is either merely phoning in his coaching duties, or he has an insightful plan to bring this team together. This movie suggests the first, but never reveals the latter. In this kind of story, it's not the kind of thing that enhances the film by leaving audiences wonder.
What's missing big time, is an epilogue. This story begs for it, since none of its characters is known to 90% of americans. And since it's a true story, and an important one in american international sports. It lacks the raw heart of something like Rudy, and it lacks the clear-eyed cynicism of how national sports teams are managed, like Chariots of Fire,