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Summary: Radio is an inspiration
Review: Cuba Gooding Jr. was incredible in this movie. Although we never find out exactly which particular disability Radio has, it doesn't really matter. The movie shows the amazing things that can happen when you look at others with your heart instead of just your eyes. As the mom of a child with autism, I understand why Radio's mom was skeptical of the Coach's intentions but it's so good to see that there really are good people out there who accept and celebrate the differences in everyone!
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Summary: ABSOLUTELY FEEL-GOOD MOVIE!!!
Review: This movie is definitely 2 thumbs and 2 big toes UP!I just don't understand why some folks did not like this movie. I guess they were the type who picked on that under-dog in school! This movie IS based on a true story, which makes it even that much more heart-warming. I won't spoil it for you... rent it. You will not regret it!
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Summary: Simply Wonderful
Review: I first judged this movie from the previews, writing it off as just another hokey football movie. Then I rented it, and completely changed my mind. Here I was expecting a cheesy movie, and instead I got a heart-warming story (that's inspired by a true story!) and a handful of great performances, especially from Gooding, an actor that can seriously play any part he wants to because he's truly talented. Gooding plays James Robert Kennedy, a guy who is a bit slower than most with a heart bigger than the town he lives in. He spends his days pushing a shopping cart around town, filled with his findings and of course his little radio. He gets the nickname "Radio" from the local high school football coach (played by the magnificent Ed Harris), who lets him help out during the practices and games after a few of his players torment Radio. You may think that the coach just feels sorry for Radio, but you'll learn otherwise as the film progresses, revealing that sometimes people are nice just for the sake of being nice. This truly is a treasure of a movie, one that has no right to be written off as "cheesy" as I once did. See this movie and you'll certainly be happy that you aren't missing out on a great piece of cinema!
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Summary: A touching movie
Review: Cuba Gooding shines as a mentally-retarded young man who walks around town with a grocery cart filled with radios he collects. He often passes by Hanna High School to watch the football team practice. Coach Harold Jones (Ed Harris) sympathizes with the boy when the team ties him up in the locker room. Coach Jones spends too much time coaching and often neglects his family. He takes "Radio" under his wing (he is called radio because he loves to collect radios). He is given odd jobs to do with the team, and the people in the community are worried that this mentally unstable man may be a danger to the school. Radio is placed in classes and is taught. The teachers encourage him even though he cannot write. It is a touching movie about protecting those who need love from apathy, hatred, and pity. Cuba Gooding, Jr. is an excellent actor. It is a very touching movie that exemplifies the need for social justice. The real story of radio can be found at hanna.anderson5.net. Truly touching and inspiring!!!
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Summary: Great Family Film/Best Football Flick Ever
Review: Cynics HATE this film. It has nothing smug, hip or destructive to say about the human condition. Instead, it is a life-affirming treatise on the redemptive power of love, and of the vital importance of the commandment to love thy neighbor as thyself. It is also the finest football film ever made, and I have seen them all. I have been coaching football since 1974, and have suffered as a film buff through some truly awful football "action" sequences along the way. There is not one false note in any of the references to football in "Radio" -- games, practices, or pre-game pep talks. The director, writer and cast get it all just right. Cuba Gooding, Jr. delivers an amazing performance as a severely retarded black man in South Carolina who is befriended by a white high school football coach who worships at the altar of Bear Bryant. Along the way, an entire town learns to open up to this strange, frightening man and to respond to his gift of unconditional love. I own the film on DVD, and give it my highest recommendation without reservation. The special features are excellent, dwelling not only on the writing and making of the film, but on the real "Radio" and his ongoing relationship with a coach, a school, and a town.
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Summary: Who cares???
Review: What was the point of this movie? Why would someone make a film about this? Why did I waste my time watching Cuba walking around with a shopping cart and get befriended by a high school football coach. I sat and watched this with little enthusiasm and was completely bored to tears by the time he got his Christmas gifts. This was a wishy-washy, feel good, isn't it nice to be alive type movies that is sugar coated with enough cotton candy to give the viewer cavaties with it's sweetness. I don't ever care to watch this again. Not all true stories are meant to be made into movies. This was almost as sappy as 'Rudy'.
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Summary: Good Overall
Review: This was a good movie, but not great. It may be good for a backup movie, when the networks are only showing reruns. The title is misleading. When I first saw it, I thought of something like "Frequency", "Broadcast News" or even "Contact". A better title might be "We Call Him Radio" or "His Name is Radio". This is one of those based-on-a-true-story that is probably much closer to the truth than most. Many end up being a glamorized version of reality. This movie seems to be very realistic. Completely believable, which adds to its charm. For the acting and the end goal, I would easily give it five stars. However, because of entertainment expectations from movies, for good and bad, I can only give it four stars. Still, an inspiring movie that makes you want to set your priorities straight.
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Summary: Inspiring for anyone
Review: This was a movie to remember. It was so inspiring to my friends and I. The movie tells about how cruel white people were to the colored. It was a very emotional but an inspiring movie to all ages. Buy the movie you will absoutely love it!!!!
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Summary: Good Coffee
Review: I didn't know what to expect when I first heard about this movie. What I discovered is that Radio is a movie with a lot of heart that held my interest and is based on a true story. Cuba Gooding and Ed Norton turn in fine performances which are made more meaningful when you see the actual people during the final credits. This is a movie that is suitable for people of all ages and well worth purchasing.
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Summary: a sappy, happy, feel-good time
Review: ahhhhhhh. that is how i will begin this review. i went into this movie trying my hardest to like it, and i didn't. i was sorely disappointed by a movie that could have been so much more than just a sap-fest. this movie is one of the most predictiable movies i have seen in a long time. i knew what was going to happen before it did, and i was disappointed that i was correct. the performances in this movie are for the most part, right on. ed harris plays a coach whose whole life is the game of football, while cuba gooding jr. plays a lovable character with a developmental disability. both of these actors are very good in their roles, but their parts could have been written so much better! instead of true emotions this movie goes straight for the water-works and fake-emotion department. they go for sap instead of character development. with this being said, i will also emphasize this; "radio" is a movie that would be great for a family to watch (i just happen to be a bachelor who loves movies). their if very little to be sqeemish about, and little to worry about your children seeing. it is a movie that is great for the whole family. but, if you aren't looking for that in a movie, i suggest something different, such as "lost in translation" or "the station agent" (when it comes onto dvd).
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