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Basket, The
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Based on 16 critic reviews
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Based on 3 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Drama
Written by:
Don Caron
Rich Cowan
Frank Swoboda
Tessa Swoboda
Directed by: Rich Cowan
Release Date:
Theatrical: May 5, 2000
DVD: December 11, 2001
Running Time: 105 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
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.
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What The Critics Said
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...
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.
Read Full Review >Film.com John Hartl
The most popular entry in last year's Seattle International Film Festival family series.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker
Woven from such promising threads that you wish it was better.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
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.
Village Voice Emily Borrow
Combines the wholesomeness of "Old Yeller" with the moral and physical claustrophobia of "The Waltons."
Read Full Review >San Francisco Examiner Walter Addiego
Earnest and kid-friendly -- also simplistic and dramatically creaky.
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.
Read Full Review >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.
TV Guide Ken Fox
Despite the overplotting, there's scarcely any of the characterization that might have made some of it interesting.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 9.6 (out of 10) based on 3 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Michelle P. gave it a 10:
I was so disappointed to find out this movie got a 51. It's such a touching, beautiful film. The acting is fabulous, the music is beautiful, the setting is gorgeous, it's fantastic.
Don J. gave it a 10:
What a relief. I could see a movie like this every week and I'd be happy.
