TOUCHING AND WONDERFUL

Rating: Null/10 (15 November 2004)

This film, like most of this genre gives you its fair share of smiles and tears.
""SPOILER"" The only thing I will say about the plot is that it is the true story of a mentally challenged young man - Radio (Cuba Gooding Jr) who is taken underwing by a football coach - Coach Harris (Ed Harris). The end of the film gives us a view of the real now not quite so young Radio and Coach Jones .""END SPOILER""
This film is unreservedly recommended to everyone. It is extremely well acted and directed and a joy to watch.
Another reviewer mentioned that they were appalled at the subtext because The modern residential and vocational facilities that exist today strive to find real jobs and make the people we work for functioning members of society.
Although I certainly agree with this reviewer and thank God things have changed since Radio was a young man, I feel it must be remembered that this film is based on what it was like before we started to emerge from the stone age (metaphorically speaking).
Cuba Gooding Jr for my money gave a performance which deserves to be rewarded and he showed us all how great an actor he is.
My rating for this movie is 8/10
Plutus