The Best Movie Of 2015

Rating: 10/10 (12 November 2016)

Rounding off my look back at Kevin Costner's career, I come to McFarland USA from 2015
Plot In A Paragraph: Jim White (Costner) a struggling coach and teacher takes a job in one of the poorest cities in America: McFarland, California. There he discovers buried potential in several high school boys, and slowly turns them into a track team and brings them closer than even he could ever imagine.
Hands down my favourite movie of 2015. No matter how many times I watch it, I still get chills at the end.
It's funny how many reviews read something like this "predictable, routine, generic" etc however whilst it's true that Disney's sports movie formula is pretty well-worn. You can apply this plot to a lot of movies "Fish out of water comes and turns a team of losers into champions while learning valuable life lessons along the way." Yes It happens every time. However McFarland USA is a true story. Kevin Costner is playing a real man in Jim White, and no they didn't change his name to make it for better.
I can't speak highly enough about this movie. It's in my Top 10 Kevin Costner movies.
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