CRITICAL CONSENSUS

Sid Smith - Chicago Tribune

Ed Blank - Pittsburgh Live

Carrie Rickey - Philadelphia Inquirer

Elizabeth Weitzman - NY Daily News

James Wegg - Film Threat

Desson Thomson - Washington Post

William Arnold - Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Lawrence Toppman - Charlotte Observer

A.O. Scott - NY Times

Michael Rechtshaffen - Hollywood Reporter

Joe Morgenstern - Wall Street Journal

James Berardinelli - ReelViews

Mike Clark - USA Today

Debra Birnbaum - NY Post

Marrit Ingman - Austin Chronicle

DUELING CRITICS

"A true story, feel-good parable and a respectable, uplifting descendent of To Sir, With Love and Lean On Me...Best of all, the handful of basketball games, followed in detail to their breathless conclusion, are exhilaratingly shot"

- Sid Smith

"Too many build-ups and turning points, too many dead-weight subplots...Big speeches, beat-the-clock finales, slow-motion entrances, eyeglasses removed dramatically, training montages, scowling authority figures"

- Marrit Ingman