Keep on running

Rating: 6/10 (24 June 2016)

MacFarland is a gentle, pleasant sports drama that stars Kevin Costner as football coach, Jim White who after losing his job washes up in some small, dirt poor, dead end town full of Mexicans in a high school in McFarland.
White and his family feel uncomfortable but discovers that his Hispanic pupils are talented runners but once the school day is over and even before school starts they are working in the local farms picking crops in order to earn enough money for their families.
White inspires them and transforms them into cross country runners but they have to deal with antagonistic rival high school coaches and rich white kids with snide comments.
Costner is now an old hand with sports themed movies. This has enough quirky charm as well as humour as an outsider who unearths genuine talent in this fact based story and at the same time becomes a valued member of the community.