Civil rights era sports movie

Rating: 7/10 (8 February 2009)

It's unfortunate that there have been other similar stories to this that have already been told - for example, Remember THE TITANS. I think it makes this story less impactful since it feels like we sort of watched it before.
But nonetheless, this was still a good movie with some good performances - especially Josh Lucas as the Coach. I think the players were all well cast and some even resembled the actual players - which was a nice touch.
I think RTT did a better job in the script in creating a solid plot and interesting dialogue. But maybe again I'm not rating this as high since it appears to be a rehashing somewhat of the same themes in RTT. Also, RTT had Denzel Washington - and who can top that.
I'm still appalled at this chapter of racism in our country's history and do think it is important to tell these stories - especially for the younger generation who either don't remember or it was before their time.
To me, the most memorable line from the whole film is when the Asst. coach says something incredulous,to the effect that "So you think the future of basketball is the black man?" - as though he was saying that could NEVER be possible! My how far we've come!