Critic Reviews

The result is a feeling of quiet heroism--people doing things because it's right to do them, even if it's not easy.

What is it about Indiana that inspires movies about small-town dreamers who come from behind to win?

The drama gets stuck in a dispiritingly dull rut and fails to build toward what is supposed to be a something of a crowd-rousing triumph over adversity.

Madison couldn't be more wholesome if they served it with a tall glass of fresh milk.

Inspirational but uninspired sports movie.

If not for the race sequences and the intriguing presence of Caviezel, who made this film before "The Passion of the Christ" and who one hopes will take on even more roles befitting his peculiar sad-eyed charisma, the film would amount to a well-intentioned snooze.

This otherwise amiable family film plods whenever the action returns to dry land.

Wants to be both heartwarming and quirky but is sometimes just cutesy instead.

While Madison is earnest and inoffensive, it offers no surprises, few fascinating characters and a hackneyed script.

Tends toward the generic, and Jim Caviezel is hopelessly bland in the lead. Among the bright spots are Mary McCormack as the hero's wife and Bruce Dern as the wise old motorboat guru.