Audience was cheering and clapping at sneak preview

Rating: 9/10 (8 January 2005)

I just saw the advance preview of the movie, "Coach Carter" and I loved it ! It made me cheer for Samuel Jackson (Coach Carter) as he worked to instill discipline and order to the Richmond team. He put education first and athletics second. The character development was excellent, and the idea of honoring your commitments was underscored throughout the movie. If you want to see a movie the motivates you, and makes you want to challenge the status quo...then go see this one. It isn't a teen movie with clichéd characters. It was real world. I'd put it on my top ten list for the year. And it isn't a sports movie, although sports are key throughout. It deals with making men out of boys, and students out of athletes.