A feel good sports movie

Rating: 8/10 (20 September 2015)

This is an enjoyable moving and inspirational movie. A high school coach in a mainly Hispanic Central Valley farming town bringing his team of farm pickers/students to Cross Country Running State Championship level. We have seen the underdog overcoming odds formula before but it works so well here. The hard lives of the kids picking in the farms and training is touching and eye opening. A nice slice of life look at the farming community in central CA. The races are well filmed without being repetitive.
There are some formula scenes that are obvious but still watchable like "never seen the Ocean", and the gang incident. Also of course the teams they are competing against are always taller and all white.
Kevin Costner is suited to the role and his struggling to run is quite believable for him.
A feel good Disney sports movie.