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Summary: How can one movie describe a state so well?
Review: The movie is so acurate as to the feeling of basketball in the state of Indiana. I grew up there and the electricity surrounding the game is unparrelled any where in the world. I think the movie does a great job of showing how the people of Indiana: eat, sleep, and breath basketball
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Summary: This one really is the best sports movie ever made!!!
Review: No other film has ever captured the feel of small town athletics like "Hoosiers". You really felt the excitement of reaching and then winning a state championship! Gene Hackman did a great job of playing the head-coach-in-exile, trying to return to the game he loves without letting it control him. And Dennis Hopper is awesome as the town drunk who Hackman tries (with some success) to rehabilitate. If there's a better sports movie out there, I'd like to know what it is!
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Summary: A Hoosier speaks on HOOSIERS...
Review: I remember watching HOOSIERS in an Indiana movie theater on its first day of release. As a high school student athlete, I played ball in some of the gyms that were used during the filming. So it is a little hard for me to be objective.The VHS copy of Hoosiers I bought several years is ago was always fun to watch, but until I saw the widescreen DVD, I'd forgotten what a beautiful film it really is. The movie is loosely based on, or inspired by, a team from tiny Milan (MY'-LUN) that won the Indiana state championship in 1954. In fact, one of the players from that '54 team has a minor role in the movie. With an Oscar-nominated performance by Dennis Hopper as "Shooter", HOOSIERS may be what basketball fans, even those not from Indiana, will enjoy watching as much as I do.
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Summary: A "must see" American classic!
Review: This movie is a true slice of Americana. It tells a wonderful story of triumph over impossible odds. I would recommend this movie to all teens because of its total decencey and honesty. And to all adults because of its message of simple humility while achieving greatness.
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Summary: Greatest Sports Movie
Review: While the story is familiar (underdog becomes champion) the acting, screenplay and cinematography make you feel as if though you've never seen this type of story before. It is no wonder that ESPN voted this film the greatest sports movie of the century.
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Summary: I grew up 10 minutes from "Hickory"
Review: Anyone with a heart will love this movie. And anyone with a hoop in their backyard will cry a river when Jimmy hits the jumper from the top of the key to win it all, and Shooter (Dennis Hopper) triumphantly tells his nurse over and over . . . "No team this small has ever been to a state championship!!!" Well, give it a go, you can't score if you don't shoot.
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Summary: Hoosiers captures small town politics
Review: Fine acting performances by Gene Hackman and Dennis Hopper are highlights of Hoosiers - a story about a small Indiana High School basketball team of the 1950's and its efforts to win a state championship). In Indiana, there is only one state champion rather than having several based on size of the school so this makes the competition even more fascinating. While officially a fictional story, the success of the team does have a real-life Indiana counterpart as far as the team's progress goes, so the ending is, for all intents and purposes, a real life one. While most of the attention for fine acting goes to Hackman and Hopper, it is the little things that make the movie special. Small town politics are captured extremely well, even when they are only part of the background of some scenes. It is one of those movies you can watch over and over and catch new details each time. Highly recommended.
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Summary: GREATEST HIGH SCHOOL B'BALL FILM EVER!
Review: Too bad this film is no longer being stocked, as it is extraordinary in many ways: its a great feel-good reality based drama. A sensitive and subdued Gene Hackman performance - the same is true for Dennis Hopper's portrayal of an absent alcoholic father. Maybe Barbara Hershey's last leading young fem role. Great sets that are accurate. A believeable drama without the sap (like Field of Dreams). Very good!
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Summary: Best David and Goliath portrayal ever!!!
Review: Gene Hackman was fantastic. Dennis Hopper lives up to his name as his character assumes many different roles (father, drunk, coach...). Who can forget Jimmy Chitwood!!!!!
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Summary: Absolutely, the best flick ever assembled.
Review: I love every part of this movie. Jimmy Chitwood is nothing but an American hero. He might be the greatest prep player to ever lace them up. The movie gives you chills all over. I could watch it a thousand times. -Grant Vollertsen
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