Radio
His courage made them champions.
His courage made them champions.
Drama
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2003
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In the racially divided town of Anderson, South Carolina in 1976, football coach Harold Jones spots a mentally disabled African-American young man nicknamed Radio near his practice field and is inspired to befriend him. Soon, Radio is Jones' loyal assistant, and he becomes a student at T.L. Hanna High School. But things start to sour when Coach Jones begins taking guff from parents and fans who feel that his devotion to Radio is getting in the way of the team's quest for a championship.
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Runtime:
109 min
Release date:
24 Oct 2003
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$35,000,000
Revenue:
$53,293,628
Awards:
3 wins & 5 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
Based-on- a-true-story kitschfest.
– Ed Park,
Village Voice,
28 Oct 2003
rotten:
[Y]et another movie that takes a mentally challenged character and turns him into this kind of deity, this saint-like mascot who everybody else learns life lessons from.
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
27 Oct 2003
rotten:
Gooding once again embarrasses himself in public with a performance that knows no shame, a habit he's getting frighteningly at ease with these days.
– Michael O'Sullivan,
Washington Post,
24 Oct 2003
rotten:
A train wreck of a film lying inert where the tracks of the Feel Good Line cross the Path of Good Intentions.
– Philip Kennicott,
Washington Post,
24 Oct 2003
rotten:
Though probably well-intentioned, Radio comes off as manipulative of its audience and exploitative of the mentally challenged.
– Claudia Puig,
USA Today,
24 Oct 2003