The Winning Season
Metascore
53 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 8 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
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  1. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    75
    Sam Rockwell's films are almost always worth watching be cause of this indie stalwart's taste in offbeat projects -- and his refusal to play to the audience's sympathy.
  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Justin Chang
    70
    With an invaluable assist from Sam Rockwell, hilarious and wounding as a deadbeat dad who lands a high school coaching gig, it's the rare inspirational movie with more than just winning or losing on its mind.
  3. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Melissa Anderson
    60
    Writer-director James C. Strouse's The Winning Season respects its misfits (and its audience) by not stripping away their foibles in the service of sports-movie clichés.
  4. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Sheri Linden
    60
    Often lacks momentum, especially in its early stretches. It is, however, a far more solid film than writer-director James C. Strouse's debut, the war-themed family drama "Grace Is Gone."
  5. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Kirk Honeycutt
    50
    Among the girls, Emma Roberts has solid scenes with Rockwell.
  6. Boxoffice Magazine
    Reviewed by: Mark Keizer
    50
    Sitting through The Winning Season you marvel at how it obsessively duplicates all such films that came before but still consistently thwarts your impulse to dismiss it out of hand.
  7. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: Eric Hynes
    40
    The girls are worth rooting for, but their pursuit is secondary to one sorry-ass dude's redemption. That's a win?
  8. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    40
    Gets lost in a fog of indecision and compromise.

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