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Basket, The
Priviledged Commnications
MPAA RATING: PG for some mild violence and brief language
Starring
Peter Coyote,
Karen Allen,
Robert Karl Burke,
and
Amber Willenborg
Shortly after World War I, a new teacher (Coyote) brings basketball to a school in a small Pacific Northwest town. He helps to unite the town during a tense period which includes the immigration to the United States of German citizens.
| GENRE(S): |
Drama
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Don Caron
Rich Cowan
Frank Swoboda
Tessa Swoboda
|
| DIRECTED BY: |
Rich Cowan
|
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: December 11, 2001
Video: December 11, 2001
Theatrical: May 5, 2000
|
| RUNNING TIME: |
105 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
80
LA Weekly
Hazel-Dawn Dumpert
Well-acted, briskly paced and prettily photographed, the film is a mild-mannered family story with a caring heart, and that's ultimately enough to make its 104 minutes worthwhile.

80
Film.com
John Hartl
The most popular entry in last year's Seattle International Film Festival family series.

80
Film.com
Ted Fry
Accomplished, ambitious, and great-looking.

75
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
As warm and reassuring as grandma's hugs.

67
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker
Woven from such promising threads that you wish it was better.

60
The New York Times
Stephen Holden
Avoids succumbing to the preachiness that is the bane of so many family films, and for a movie like this, that's no small feat.

60
Los Angeles Times
Robin Rauzi
It may be a hard sell to the Gameboy generation, but The Basket has charms that may be more evident to adults.

50
Chicago Tribune
John Petrakis
It gussies up the tale with so many random subplots that by the time we cut through the morass, the film is over.
50
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
Amiable though slow-going.

50
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Would be solid family entertainment if it weren't for the funereal pacing, which may kill its appeal among young audiences.
50
Village Voice
Emily Borrow
Combines the wholesomeness of "Old Yeller" with the moral and physical claustrophobia of "The Waltons."

50
San Francisco Examiner
Walter Addiego
Earnest and kid-friendly -- also simplistic and dramatically creaky.
50
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
You have no idea how determined director Rich Cowan is to suck the last drop of sap out of this tree.

40
Chicago Reader
Lisa Alspector
Clunky and obvious.

33
Portland Oregonian
Shawn Levy
A contrived and sentimental melodrama, the film takes a promising premise and crushes it with mind-numbing repetition, sophomoric conveniences, plastic acting and the worst score, perhaps, ever heard.
30
TV Guide
Ken Fox
Despite the overplotting, there's scarcely any of the characterization that might have made some of it interesting.


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