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By Carina Chocano (358) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 04 May 2010

So, while the movie at times warmed my own middle-class, private school-educated cockles to a toasty complacency, there's an undercurrent of…

Review of Coach Carter (2005)

By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 30 Jan 2010

Jackson, though, does lend this earnest formula flick a core of conviction…

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By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 15 Apr 2009

Samuel Jackson returns to form behind a long string of disappointing performances as an ethically minded basketball coach at a tough inner…

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By Carla Meyer (580) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 27 Mar 2009

Features bursts of humor and electrifying energy offset by speechifying and a dud of a subplot…

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By Ryan Cracknell (408) for Movie Views (286) on 30 Dec 2008

While the film is over the top at times, Coach Carter has a big heart that doesn't shy away from challenging the American education system…

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By John J. Puccio (1,217) for Movie Metropolis (1,779) on 11 Dec 2008

the movie is more concerned with the characters than with the sport. So it's a movie for anyone to enjoy…

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By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 11 Oct 2008

This afternoon-TV special trying to pass as a real movie earns an extra half star solely for Samuel L. Jackson, who brings his usual fire to the role…

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By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 27 Jul 2008

The movie's moral messages are all on target. Too bad the movie is much, much too long and Jackson gives one of his dullest performances ever…

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By Leigh Singer (56) for Film4 (1,522) on 25 Mar 2008

A worthy addition to familiar triumph-of-the-underdog stories…

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By Elizabeth Weitzman (1,905) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 21 Dec 2007

By turns funny, touching and genuinely inspiring…

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By William Arnold (1,101) for Seattle Post-Intelligencer (2,422) on 24 Oct 2007

While the movie may border on teen exploitation in many scenes, its heart and values are mostly in the right place, and it qualifies its thrill…

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By Dana Stevens (1,435) for The New York Times (9,847) on 07 Sep 2007

This may be the coach's story, but to the extent that Coach Carter is interesting rather than merely inspirational, it's because of the team…

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By Stephanie Zacharek (2,333) for Salon.com (2,725) on 08 May 2007

Coach Carter, its flaws aside, is as interesting for what it doesn't do as for what it does…

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By Nathan Rabin (1,078) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 31 Dec 2006

Coach Carter eventually curdles into a grim love letter to discipline and accountability, which makes it the perfect sports film for W.'s second…

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By Rick Groen (1,350) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 20 Dec 2006

When [Jackcson]'s not on camera, Coach Carter feels like the two-hour opus it is — too long, too banal, a bit ridiculous…

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By Sara Brady (38) for Premiere (771) on 30 Nov 2006

A sports flick that’s a worthy addition to the genre…

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By Ken Tucker (102) for New York Magazine (Vulture) (3,519) on 26 May 2006

Jackson's wonderfully nuanced, witty performance, and a few unexpected plot turns, give Coach Carter a subtext that helps complicate such knee-jerk…

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By Simon Braund (70) for Empire Magazine (3,326) on 31 Mar 2006

On paper a routine sports yarn. On screen, thanks to Jackson refusing to phone it in, far more satisfying than you might expect…

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By Chris Tilly (98) for Time Out (7,510) on 09 Feb 2006

Although this is an inspirational genre pic that pushes all the requisite buttons throughout, you canâ(TM)t help but feel that rather than…

Review of Coach Carter (2005)

By Sid Smith (61) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 18 Dec 2005

A true story, feel-good parable and a respectable, uplifting descendent of To Sir, With Love and Lean On Me…

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