• Starring: Jake Lloyd, James Caviezel, Mary McCormack
  • Summary: 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)
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 15
  2. Negative: 2 out of 15
  1. 75
    What is it about Indiana that inspires movies about small-town dreamers who come from behind to win?
  2. 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.
  3. Reviewed by: Kyle Smith
    38
    By the time this corn festival is over, you'll be crying out for the relative toughness of the average Jimmy Stewart film.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 0 out of 2

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