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Roger Ebert, RogerEbert.com: MODERATE (cg) "I'm not unhappy with this movie. It's good-hearted and pleasant and tells an uplifting story. Younger viewers may love it. It has an innocence that today's movies have almost lost." (Read the full review...) 786 words, 10/21/11 James Rocchi, MSN Movies: WEAK (cg) "...falls into the lonely middle ground... Incredible enough to be captured in a film, but not made as exciting as the real-life events that inspired it." (Read the full review...) 649 words, 10/18/11
Neil Genzlinger, New York Times: GOOD "...you have to love seeing nuns shouting basketball strategy from courtside." (Read the full review...) 306 words, 10/21/11 Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...there's something refreshingly unpushy about the movie and its beliefs... Gugino seems to be sauntering through on her way to a different, spikier movie..." (Read the full review...) 329 words, 10/21/11 Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: FAIR "...the story is given such old-fashioned, kid-gloves treatment that its potential warmth and excitement caves under the weight of writer-producer-director Tim Chambers' good intentions." (Read the full review...) 215 words, 10/21/11 Kyle Smith, New York Post: MODERATE (cg) "Everything plays out exactly as you'd expect in a cheerful, well-meaning movie in the style of something made for the Disney channel." (Read the full review...) 195 words, 10/21/11 Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...wears its religious and inspirational qualities openly and casually. The film doesn't pretend to be anything other than what it is: a story of one woman overcoming low expectations." (Read the full review...) 374 words, 10/21/11 Rafer Guzman, New York Newsday: MODERATE (cg) "...mixes in every theme at hand: teamwork, independence, gender, God, you name it. The result is a kind of sports-movie smoothie..." (Read the full review...) 346 words, 10/21/11 Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: MODERATE (cg) "I'm not unhappy with this movie. It's good-hearted and pleasant and tells an uplifting story. Younger viewers may love it. It has an innocence that today's movies have almost lost." (Read the full review...) 786 words, 10/21/11 Melissa Anderson, Village Voice/LA Weekly: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...despite its unrelenting corniness, the film admirably tries to honor the achievements of second-wave feminism. Always a trooper, Carla Gugino brings dignity and energy..." (Read the full review...) 181 words, 10/19/11
Stephanie Merry, Washington Post: WEAK (cg) "...it's hard to get past the feeling that writer-director Tim Chambers was checking off items on a list titled Elements of a Cinderella Story." (Read the full review...) 485 words, 10/21/11 Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...a true-life fairy tale set in Malvern once upon a time before Title IX. More specifically, 1971." (Read the full review...) 380 words, 10/21/11 Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...for families with girls, this movie is a great history lesson about how things were, set against a message girls then and girls now can never hear too often -- 'Have the courage to follow your dreams.' " (Read the full review...) 581 words, 10/16/11 Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star-Tribune: VERY GOOD (cg) "...isn't stylish entertainment, and it doesn't have especially high aspirations, but there's a soothing decency about it.... it's no slam dunk, but it's a very pleasant hour and a half in the bleachers." (Read the full review...) 439 words, 10/21/11 Ty Burr, Boston Globe: MODERATE (cg) "Note to the filmmakers: Following a line of dialogue like 'Sometimes angels wear high heels' with 'That's the corniest thing I've ever heard!' doesn't make it any less corny. It just proves you knew you could do better." (Read the full review...) 513 words, 10/21/11 Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: MODERATE (cg) "Sports movies live and die by what takes place on the court or in the field, and this one feels rather rote. Not bad and certainly watchable, but with nothing especially gripping..." (Read the full review...) 371 words, 10/21/11 Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...the equivalent of high-top Converse All-Stars: timeless and effective, but perhaps not flashy enough for the kids at the mall." (Read the full review...) 267 words, 10/21/11 Steve Persall, St. Petersburg Times: GOOD (cg) "Tim Chambers' screenplay is a model of underdog sports clichés, and his direction is rudimentary at best. But the story puts a full court press on your heart..." (Read the full review...) 287 words, 10/20/11
Melissa Anderson, Village Voice/LA Weekly: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...despite its unrelenting corniness, the film admirably tries to honor the achievements of second-wave feminism. Always a trooper, Carla Gugino brings dignity and energy..." (Read the full review...) 181 words, 10/19/11 Mack Rawden, Cinema Blend: MODERATE (cg) "...a story of some nice Catholic girls and a hard-nosed coach who propelled their tiny school to a National Championship. It's both honest and a misrepresentation." (Read the full review...) 819 words, 10/24/11 Peter Keough, Boston Phoenix: MODERATE (cg) "I admit, I got choked up at more than one manipulative moment. But 'Macs' runs the same plays too often and fouls out." (Read the full review...) 152 words, 10/20/11 Keith Phipps, AV Club: FAIR (cg) "There must have been a reason why the real-life coach Cathy Rush could do so much with seemingly so little, but 'The Mighty Macs' never captures it." (Read the full review...) 434 words, 10/20/11 R. Kurt Osenlund, Slant: POOR (cg) "Extraordinarily amateurish.... the film doesn't even seem to be aware of its feminist themes.... an awful movie that makes you pray for the final buzzer." (Read the full review...) 900 words, 10/17/11
Neil Genzlinger, New York Times: GOOD "...you have to love seeing nuns shouting basketball strategy from courtside." (Read the full review...) 306 words, 10/21/11 Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: FAIR "...the story is given such old-fashioned, kid-gloves treatment that its potential warmth and excitement caves under the weight of writer-producer-director Tim Chambers' good intentions." (Read the full review...) 215 words, 10/21/11
Joe Leydon, Daily Variety: GOOD "...an undemandingly pleasant indie drama about the true-life exploits of the 1971-72 Immaculata College basketball team, which set a new standard for achievement in women's sports." (Read the full review...) 712 words, 10/17/11 Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "A feel-good sports film with its obligatory inspirational characters, smug adversaries, insurmountable obstacles and triumph against all odds." (Read the full review...) 840 words, 10/20/11 Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: FAIR "...the story is given such old-fashioned, kid-gloves treatment that its potential warmth and excitement caves under the weight of writer-producer-director Tim Chambers' good intentions." (Read the full review...) 215 words, 10/21/11 Neil Genzlinger, New York Times: GOOD "...you have to love seeing nuns shouting basketball strategy from courtside." (Read the full review...) 306 words, 10/21/11
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