Critic Reviews
38
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
positive
4(13%)
mixed
18(56%)
negative
10(31%)
Showing 32 Critic Reviews
75
What could have been an all-occasion Hallmark card turns out to be an emotionally genuine love letter to a young man who transformed the town of Anderson, S.C., in the 1970s.
75
It's really Harris' movie, and he brings to it just the right blend of engaging affability, gruff strength of character and transcendent nobility of spirit to make it a genuinely enriching experience.
75
There is no cynicism in Radio, no angle or edge. It's about what it's about, with an open, warm and fond nature. Every once in a while human nature expresses itself in a way we can feel good about, and this is one of those times.
63
A feel-good flick that doesn't make you feel too bad -- in this genre, that almost qualifies as a ringing endorsement.
60
A gentle film yet develops increasing dramatic tension beneath its easygoing, fair-minded surface.
60
Radio is a film many people may be tempted to laugh off as button pushing feel-good fluff. Before doing so, they might want to ask themselves just what it is they find so funny about a little peace, love and understanding.
58
Radio is assembled from small, hard stones of ignorance and intolerance paved over by large, mushy examples of community goodness.
50
The real Radio, and the real coach -- seen together in the movie's feel-good epilogue -- deserve better.
50
There's no arguing that Cuba Gooding Jr. is trying to do right by the mentally disabled James Robert Kennedy.
50
Mr. Harris's coach is not a flashy role. But the actor, who effortlessly embodies an all-American ideal of strength and decency, drains as much of the syrup from his character as any actor could hope.
