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Feb 19, 2015 · McFarland USA. Kevin Costner reaches a welcome career high in this new movie, a live-action based-on-a-true-story inspirational tale of school sports, produced by Disney. It sounds a little over-determined when described that way, I know.
Disney's inspirational sports drama formula might be old hat, but McFarland, USA proves it still works -- especially with a talented director and eminently likable star in the mix. Read Critics...
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- Niki Caro
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- Kevin Costner
Poignant story about Latino runners a winner for families. Read Common Sense Media's McFarland, USA review, age rating, and parents guide.
- Niki Caro
- Sandie Angulo Chen
- Kevin Costner, Maria Bello, Vincent Martella
McFarland, USA Reviews. A standard issue inspiration coach movie. Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Feb 2, 2021. Its feel good and inspirational story will raise your spirits and leave you...
A coach inspiring a group of underprivileged kids to form a team to beat well-heeled rivals has been done before, but "McFarland, USA" does it well. Set in the 1980's, Jim White (Kevin Costner) takes a job as assistant sports coach at McFarland High, a mainly Hispanic school in Los Angeles.
Feb 20, 2015 · “McFarland” is very much a heroic-teacher melodrama about a white coach leading a team of poor, nonwhite strivers toward glory, but for the most part it avoids the traps of condescension and...
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Feb 20, 2015 · Inspired by the 1987 true story, novice runners from McFarland, an economically challenged town in California’s farm-rich Central Valley, give their all to build a cross-country team under the direction of Coach Jim White (Kevin Costner), a newcomer to their predominantly Latino high school.