McFarland, USA (McFarland) (2015)

An average movie

“Even though I didn’t have some huge expectations, since this movie was directed by Niki Caro and since it was available on Disney+, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, in the sub-genre of the inspirational sports tale based on a true story, to be honest, it was hardly original but it was still fairly entertaining. Indeed, even if Kevin Costner is not the box-office draw he used to be, the guy is still quite charismatic and he was a fine choice to play this coach. However, even though they spent enough time to show that he had absolutely no experience in coaching a cross-country team, they didn’t really display how he became such a great coach after all. And, yet, the main issue was in fact that they spent too much time on Kevin Costner’s character and not enough on the actu” read more

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"2016/04/03 @home on DVD from library with Kendra and Katy Fun, inspirational, "based on a true story", and entertaining. Sure, the story was fairly formulaic, but had the right pacing and other factors to make it worthwhile."