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58 out of 100

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7.8 out of 10

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  • Starring: Derek Luke, Josh Lucas
  • Summary: Glory Road tells the inspiring story of the underdog Texas Western basketball team, with history's first all African American starting lineup of players, who took the country by storm, surprisingly winning the 1966 NCAA tournament title. Josh Lucas stars as Hall of Famer Don Haskins, the passionately dedicated college basketball coach that changed the history of basketball with his team's victory in this time of innocence. (Disney)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 33
  3. Negative: 1 out of 33
  1. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    80
    Slick enterprise buoyed by a Motown-flavored '60s soundtrack and an appealing ensemble cast.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Crust
    60
    Ripped directly from Disney's playbook of inspirational sports movies, it's devoid of any original elements that might deter it from that successful formula, hewing closer to the sentimental cliches of "Remember the Titans" than the much better "Miracle" or "The Rookie."
  3. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Pete Vonder Haar
    30
    First-time director James Gartner has managed to whittle away whatever was compelling about the 1966 Miners championship run.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 20
  3. Negative: 1 out of 20
  1. illinination
    10
    People complaining of over the top basketball skills need to stop complaining. Going into this movie you have to realize that it's going to be a little souped up because it needs to be. No one wants to sit and watch 2 hours of 1960's basketball, that would be boring. That being said it was an excellent movie that was intended to make you feel good. It wasn't meant to be Citizen Kane. If you come out feeling better about college basketball, it did its job.… Expand
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  2. ChadS.
    5
    "Glory Road" could've appeased college basketball purists with a simple long-take to acknowledge that the game was shot-clockless until the '86 season. More than the monster dunks, the fact that Texas [El-Paso] would put up a quick shot rather than go into a stall-mode after a late Kentucky basket is what truly ruins this period piece. Even more egregious is the Miners' game against Kansas, in which a crucial call from the referee is made much later than it would in a real game. You're supposed to make allowances in reality for dramatic purposes but "Glory Road" doesn't seem to get anything right about how college basketball looked in the sixties. As for the action off the court, "Glory Road" doesn't really fare much better. When somebody sings in front of a mirror, you should already be clued as to what level the screenplay will be operating at. Nobody breaks into song during "Friday Night Lights", but somebody does in "Remember the Titans".… Expand
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  3. JonathanM.
    1
    not only was it badly acted and badly directed, the ending lesson of demanding that white players sit only because of they are white screams the racism that the movie poorly and generically tried to overcome.… Expand
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