***1/2

Rating: 9/10 (31 October 2015)

A very heart rendering film where a school coach comes to a disadvantaged Mexican school in Los Angeles and starts a running team there.
While the film is clichéd, there are good rendering moments when eventually he forsakes an opportunity to go to a much better position to work with these fellows.
Kevin Costner is perfectly cast as the coach. He actually goes out and not only lives among these people; he works in the fields as well. Nothing better than to get to know someone by living in their shoes.
Maria Bello is rather subdued as his wife. Perhaps, it's because she is the mother of his two daughters.