COACH CARTER - Not just bad, but offensive too! (with new gooey center!)

Rating: 1/10 (25 July 2005)

Coach Carter may be afraid of what could happen to his students if they don't get a good education, but he certainly isn't afraid of fully embracing every inspirational-sports-movie- cliché in the book. Through a series of grueling montages and broad character strokes, Carter and his team overcome all obstacles. The script presents Carter as an all-knowing- oracle, who is never wrong and never doubts himself. In one sequence where the kids sneak off to a late night party, we feel more for them and their desire to have fun then we do Carter, though the movie puts us squarely on his side. He never doubts himself, never has feelings or thoughts besides external ones, never seems to think he may be doing something wrong.