The Quintessential Redemption Movie

Rating: 9/10 (23 July 1999)

To me, this film ranks right up there with "Babe" as one of the greatest redemption movies of our generation. The early scene where Hackman defends his makeshift team at the pep rally against the students chanting for Jimmy Chitwood is classic, as is the previously-mentioned scene where-in Hackman gets himself kicked out of the game intentionally. A couple scenes could stand to be re-scored, but other than that, it still holds up remarkably well. This is a film that deserves to be re-discovered.