Samuel L. Jackson is wonderful as usual

Rating: Null/10 (24 April 2012)

"Coach Carter" may be based on a true story, but that doesn't make the movie original. Actually, Jackson has done this material before, sans the basketball. If you've seen "One Eight Seven", you'll know what I mean. The only difference is that the kids in this movie aren't as troubled as the ones in the earlier movie. Here, it's the basketball that makes these kids emotionally stronger (as well as physically, of course). But did we really need to see them play the big game, especially as a tacked-on ending? Besides, we know they're going to win, anyway. The film would have been enough ending before the game is played. Anyway, I enjoyed Coach Carter a lot more than I expected.
*** out of ****