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Summary: This is a great Cinderella story...
Review: I absolutely loved this movie. It is one of the best basketball movies I have ever seen. Being from a small town, I believe this movie does a fine job with the small town/Cinderella story team. This movie is truly a champion.
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Summary: Good Movie -- but what's with that other review?
Review: This is a great movie, with a fine performance by Gene Hackman and a wonderful, restrained turn from Dennis Hopper. Its a very involving and moving film and really captures how high school basketball looms so large in rural Indiana.Beware of another review here from "siskel.com." Obviously Ebert trying to embarass his erstwhile colleague. None of that stuff about Hackman's character being an alcoholic or at risk of going back to jail is accurate. Nor did Wilt Chamberlain shoot free throws underhand (wrong player, wrong race and wrong league).
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Summary: One of the Greatest Sports Movies Ever...
Review: You can't help getting transported back in time to this small town and taste and feel the emotions of the inhabitants. The movie follows the basic sports theme...small town team struggles to find identity, overcomes tremendous odds, wins critical game at the buzzer. Yes, I know that's been done, but it is everything in between that differentiates this movie from all the rest and puts it up with the likes of Rocky and The Natural. Simply, it is a feel good movie that will make you wish you were a boy again.
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Summary: Your Coaching Days Are Over
Review: Simple but effective, "Hoosiers" is elevated by the performances, of course Hackman's and especially Dennis Hopper, and then the various townspeople. Though far-removed from our own, "Hoosiers"' setting seems like authentic, and through the drama and pagentry of its passion for basketball we're transported there.
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Summary: A hoopsters delight
Review: Hoosiers is a wonderful film. Gene Hackman plays a worn down alcoholic whose parole officer forces him to coach a hapless high school basketball team in rural Indiana. If Hackman's squad fails to win the state b-ball title he will be sent back to the slammer. Particularly poignant, one of the challenged team members shoots freethrows under-handed a la Wilt Chamberlein. Though I don't want to spoil the movie's heart wrenching ending, I will tell you to pack a stack of tissues. Wow. You gotta, I mean gotta, catch this flick. Rated PG for brief nudity and adult language. END
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Summary: Hoosiers a real life story
Review: I lived in Milan,Indiana when this happened and if all that enjoyed the movie want the real story as told by Bobby Plump the hero just get the book "Bobby Plump Last of the small town heros" A wonderful film but a wonderful happening in real life..sort of the small guys winning over the big guys and who doesn't love that..
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Summary: A Classic American Myth Comes to Life
Review: Hoosiers is not one of those movies you have to be afraid to love. It is a great American film about the quintessential American myth- David vs. Goliath. While there is precious little historical evidence that the little guy rarely ever really wins in this nation in the real world, we would all like to believe that it is true. Right can stand up to might. Team play, selflessness, generosity and courage will carry the day. We all wish they would, but reality is they don't. Usually the Big is just way too Big, and the the regular guy is too caught up in making it from week to week to even care about the bigger picture, much less fight against it. Yet we all know that occasionally the improbable happens. A team of American kids wins Olympic Gold in Hockey while going up against the imperious Russian team along the way. A team of misfits stumble into a Superbowl win. A small town school can rise up and become the greatest power in Basketball in a Basketball crazed state such as Indiana. At least for one season, anyway. While the facts, the characters, the years and the reasons are all changed to protect the integrity of the Myth being told, the results are true. And when this movie finishes taking you on it's wonderful ride, you will be glad you watched this little gem. The film has a wonderful and nostalgic take on American small town life. This overall affection that the film makers have for their characters and the locale of the movie is then combined with an achingly beautiful color pallette, a real ear for the dialogue of the place and time, and a cast of America's finest actors and actresses. I believe that you will watch and treasure this movie many times over in the coming years, and you will never feel ashamed to admit that it is one of your favorite cinema pleasures. I don't.
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Summary: Morally Solid Movie
Review: This movie is a great sports movie, hands down. But importantly, it also demonstrates solid character throughout. I love how the coach helps everybody out, no matter how unpopular or ostracized they are--he wasn't ashamed of the poor drunk fellow, or of his smalltown team. He wasn't going to bow to the pressure of the influential, the popular, or whoever--no matter what, he helped the people that needed to be helped. Admirable.
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Summary: What an inspiring movie!
Review: This movie tells the story of an underdog basketball team and their fight to get to the Indiana State Championship. They live in a small town with only about 60 boys in the whole school. The coach doesn't win any of his first games because "Jimmy" is not on their team any more. Then when they are about to fire the coach, Jimmy says that if the coach stays, he will start playing basketball again. Then they go on a winning streak. Do they get to the Indiana State Championship? Watch the movie to find out.
This movie inspired me to practice my basketball more. This movie is a really powerful movie which will grab your attention and won't let go. I urge you to get this movie because it's a great movie for the whole family to watch together and I promise you they will love it. If you enjoy basketball, this movie is for you and if you don't enjoy basketball, this movie is still for you. This movie doesn't just tell of a basketball team. It tells the story of friendship, hope, and sportsmanship in an entertaining way. I urge you to go to the video store right now and rent Hoosiers. You won't be disapointed.
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Summary: a great underdog story
Review: One of the better films of the late 1980's, Hoosiers is the story of a former college basketball coach looking for redemption from mistakes he has made. After 10 years in the Navy following a physical altercation with a player which removed him from all basketball in the state of New York, Gene Hackman counts himself lucky to find a job with an old friend as a high school basketball coach and history teacher. The town doesn't warm up to his training methods and belief in his players strict adherence to every word he says - and they even attempt to fire him. Only when the small town's star player threatens to sit it out for the season unless the coach stays does the town back down and let the new coach do things his way. And once the team starts listening, they start winning.
An inspiring film about teamwork, optimism, and giving people a second chance, this is a movie the entire family will enjoy. Its on par with Robert Redford's "The Natural" and "Rudy" with Sean Astin.
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