Not a Remember the Titans but a Solid Disney Sports Drama

Rating: 7/10 (26 June 2015)

For those of you who are turned off at the thought of this movie because its about running, don't be. Although the formation of the cross country team is the driving force in the plot of the film, it really is a family drama with a diversity of elements.
This was a relatively low budget film for Disney (only about $17 million) and they got some pretty well known actors like Kevin Costner who gave a strong yet not a stunningly mind-blowing performance.
It is nice to hear a moving story based on real events (how accurate we will never known) and that made it more heartfelt and touching in the end.
McFarland, USA has your standard sports films clichés but who wants to hear about losers or born winners? Where's the struggle and inspiration? Aside from the captions that showed the years of the events there was little to connect it to the 1980's. Some things were a little cheesy but it had humor and heart.
Not a Remember the Titans but a Solid Disney Sports Drama.