SummaryAn adult misfit is brought on to coach the local girl’s high school basketball team. (Lionsgate)
Directed By:Jim Strouse
Written By:Jim Strouse
The Winning Season
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53
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75
Sam Rockwell's films are almost always worth watching be cause of this indie stalwart's taste in offbeat projects -- and his refusal to play to the audience's sympathy.
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With an invaluable assist from Sam Rockwell, hilarious and wounding as a deadbeat dad who lands a high school coaching gig, it's the rare inspirational movie with more than just winning or losing on its mind.
60
Often lacks momentum, especially in its early stretches. It is, however, a far more solid film than writer-director James C. Strouse's debut, the war-themed family drama "Grace Is Gone."
50
Sitting through The Winning Season you marvel at how it obsessively duplicates all such films that came before but still consistently thwarts your impulse to dismiss it out of hand.
50
Among the girls, Emma Roberts has solid scenes with Rockwell.
40
Gets lost in a fog of indecision and compromise.
40
The girls are worth rooting for, but their pursuit is secondary to one sorry-ass dude's redemption. That's a win?
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