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The Winning Season

2010

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Mixed or average reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews

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Lionsgate | Release Date: September 3, 2010 | PG-13

Starring: Emma Roberts, Rob Corddry, Sam Rockwell

Summary: An adult misfit is brought on to coach the local girl’s high school basketball team. (Lionsgate)

Director: James C. Strouse

Genre(s): Sport, Comedy

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 104 min

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New York Post

Lou Lumenick

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. Read full review

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Variety

Justin Chang

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. Read full review

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Village Voice

Melissa Anderson

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. Read full review

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The Hollywood Reporter

Kirk Honeycutt

Among the girls, Emma Roberts has solid scenes with Rockwell. Read full review

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Boxoffice Magazine Mark Keizer

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. Read full review

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Time Out

Eric Hynes

The girls are worth rooting for, but their pursuit is secondary to one sorry-ass dude's redemption. That's a win? Read full review

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The New York Times

Stephen Holden

Gets lost in a fog of indecision and compromise. Read full review

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