Review of Coach Carter (2005) by Levonne P — 01 Jan 2013

Oustanding performace by Samuel L. Jackson. Among his finest!

This review of Coach Carter (2005) was written by Levonne P on 01 Jan 2013.

Coach Carter has generally received positive reviews.

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As it goes on and on and on, Coach Carter becomes more patience-testing than soul-stirring, proving that you can overdose on good intentions…

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Awesome movie. Being that I am an educator, this was EXCELLENT. Learned some classroom management techniques from this guy. lol…

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Lovely feel good movie with quite a simple, but very important message…

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