Absolutely stock-standard sports movie.

Rating: 6/10 (23 April 2005)

There is absolutely nothing in Hoosiers that is original or innovative. it follows the standard formula for a sport movie: unorganised, undisciplined team is miraculously transformed into a team of disciplined, hard working champions in a matter of weeks. throw in a cheesy undeveloped romance and some opposition from some redneck townspeople and you've got the blueprint for years of predictable sports movies to come. there is nothing different between a film such as the Might Ducks and Hoosiers, except that Hoosiers did it first. does this make it a better film than mighty ducks, or any of the million sports movies that came after...? in my mind it does not.