Touching feel good family film

Rating: 4/10 (28 February 2004)

I always complain that Hollywood doesn't make any family films, and as those go, this is a fine movie! Yes, it's sentimental...but you can't dispute that there is a real life person nick named Radio and he appears to be a well loved member of his community, as does Coach Jones (Ed Harris's character). I thought that Cuba Gooding did a good job, and that it's unfortunate for him that this has already been done (slightly better) by Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump. ( Audiences and critics aren't very forgiving of something they don't think is original. This is different from FG is several ways, of course...it's a true story, whereas FG is rather fanciful and is based on a fictional novel. )
Anyway, this is a movie you can watch with your family and everyone will enjoy it. It's not Oscar caliber, but it's a good story. This used to be the norm for movies (A good story the whole family can watch together), and it's getting more and more rare these days. Therefore, I highly recommend this movie.