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82
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81
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69
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54
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54
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52
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45
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42
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42
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40
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38
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36
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35
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28
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28
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22
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18
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Madison
MGM Studios
MPAA RATING: PG for some mild language and sports peril
Starring
Jake Lloyd,
Mary McCormack,
James Caviezel,
Bruce Dern,
Reed Diamond,
and
Richard Lee Jackson
This father-son action/drama is based on the inspiring true story of the tiny, dying town of Madison, Indiana and its legendary, come-from-behind win in the 1971 race for the Gold Cup of hydroplane boat racing. (Addison Street Films)
| GENRE(S): |
Drama
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| WRITTEN BY: |
William Bindley
Scott Bindley
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| DIRECTED BY: |
William Bindley
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: September 13, 2005
Theatrical: April 22, 2005
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| RUNNING TIME: |
105 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

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75
Chicago Tribune
Michael Esposito
The result is a feeling of quiet heroism--people doing things because it's right to do them, even if it's not easy.

75
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
What is it about Indiana that inspires movies about small-town dreamers who come from behind to win?

50
Variety
Justin Chang
Inspirational but uninspired sports movie.

50
LA Weekly
Kim Morgan
If not for the race sequences and the intriguing presence of Caviezel, who made this film before "The Passion of the Christ" and who one hopes will take on even more roles befitting his peculiar sad-eyed charisma, the film would amount to a well-intentioned snooze.

50
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold
While Madison is earnest and inoffensive, it offers no surprises, few fascinating characters and a hackneyed script.

50
Chicago Reader
J.R. Jones
Tends toward the generic, and Jim Caviezel is hopelessly bland in the lead. Among the bright spots are Mary McCormack as the hero's wife and Bruce Dern as the wise old motorboat guru.

50
TV Guide
Ken Fox
This otherwise amiable family film plods whenever the action returns to dry land.

50
The New York Times
Anita Gates
Wants to be both heartwarming and quirky but is sometimes just cutesy instead.

50
The Hollywood Reporter
Michael Rechtshaffen
The drama gets stuck in a dispiritingly dull rut and fails to build toward what is supposed to be a something of a crowd-rousing triumph over adversity.

50
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Scott Tobias
Madison couldn't be more wholesome if they served it with a tall glass of fresh milk.

42
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Director and co-writer William Bindley engages every move in the underdog playbook, including, but not limited to, the time the good citizens of Bedford Falls chipped in to make up George Bailey's shortfall in "It's a Wonderful Life."

40
Village Voice
Benjamin Strong
Madison peddles condescending hokum as heartland values.

40
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Crust
Benefits from Caviezel's ability to project earnestness better than nearly any actor currently working, but its near-comic predictability, "What else could go wrong?" plotting and cliché-ridden screenplay sink it.

38
New York Post
Kyle Smith
By the time this corn festival is over, you'll be crying out for the relative toughness of the average Jimmy Stewart film.

25
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
There isn't a scene, an action or a character that rings true, yet the narrative summary of the events that inspired it is a matter of record.


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