Coach Carter

Coach Carter Soundtrack

Based on a true story of the man who locked his boys out of the gym until they focused on their schoolwork, this by-the-numbers crowd-pleaser holds together because a steely Samuel L. Jackson refuses to notice the parade of clichés he's trumpeting (the dialogue sticks to platitudes like, "Success in here is the key to success out there"). Coach Ken Carter (Jackson) takes over an unruly team of Richmond, California basketball players and teaches them how to play--and behave--like champions. His plight, which pits him against an uncooperative school board and parents who've given up hope, holds some interest, but the film is too concerned with giving us a Big Game every twenty minutes or so. The teens all have the spark of life in them (including pop star Ashanti, who features in a surprisingly well-handled teen pregnancy subplot), though the film's plodding familiarity means it's never really rousing, adding up to simply a good-natured amalgam of Stand and Deliver, Hoosiers, Dangerous Minds, and even Dead Poet's Society (one of the tougher players actually recites some inspirational poetry).--Steve Wiecking

Genre: Drama, Sport
Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Rob Brown, Robert Ri'chard, Rick Gonzalez
Production: Paramount Pictures
  3 wins & 15 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Metacritic:
57
Rotten Tomatoes:
64%
PG-13
Year:
2005
136
$67,169,549
Website
11,951 Views
#SongDuration
1All Night Long3:33
2No Need For Conversation3:38
3Professional3:36
4Southside4:12
5Wouldn't You Like To Ride3:51
6Hope4:12
7Your Love3:33
8This One3:06
9Beauty Queen3:44
10Balla4:07
11Time4:52
12What Love Can Do4:04

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