Waste of time

Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

In 1965 Fort Worth, Texas, Don Haskins (Josh Lucas) coaches high school girls' basketball. He gets recruited and moves his wife Mary (Emily Deschanel) and young kids to Texas Western College in El Paso, Texas. It's a shoestrings program with no ambitions. Nobody wants to sign with the losing team until Don sees a black player named Bobby Joe Hill (Derek Luke). He ignores the unwritten rule of playing one at home, two on the road and three if you're losing. Don starts recruiting both blacks and whites. He insists on coaching traditional basketball. There is racial tension within and outside the team. They overcome many hurdles on their way to reach the NCAA championship.This is the standard sports movie overcoming racial inequality. I guess that can be counted as a negative but it doesn't have to be. This is well-acted with some good characters. It can come off as cliché but all that means is that people keep telling the same story over and over again. There's a reason why storytellers keep going back to the same well. It touches something within our humanity.

Basketball is not a big sport in the UK and I find it slightly bemusing that college sport appears to have such a high profile in America. However my lack of understanding of college basketball and it's history did not impair my enjoyment of this film. Josh Lucas (excellent as always) plays the college basketball coach who leads his team to unexpected success. The acting throughout the film is top class. The on court action is done extremely well and you do get a real taste of what an achievement it was. The racial storyline is a well trodden one but I never got the sense that this was patronising and that the black players were saints with the white guys the caricature bad guys. This is one of the better sports dramas I have seen with plenty of lump in the throat moments and a finish that is highly satisfying. Recommended.

If you like sports movies this will be another one to add to your list. Although some of the facts where changed to work with the film it is still very worth it. Watching the man that is Don Haskins and what he was able to accomplish in becoming a national treasure. This was not just a sports story it was about the changing of tolerance and what hard work, discipline with the right leadership can do. The acting performances from all the actors were superb and outstanding. Josh's portrayal as Haskins was remarkable. Don was a coach who did not believe in flashy plays even slam dunks weren't allowed he felt it was showboating and showed someones insecurity. He wanted to instill the fundamentals of basketball cause he knew thats what would make them winners. He also wanted the absolute best talent their was it did not matter their race. He wanted no part in making political statements. When he had the starting line-up during the championship game all being black it wasn't to say how things should change it was about winning and he felt they had the best chance. As history would put it this helped break down some of the color barriers in sports. What was impressive was the look and feel of the movie it looked as if it was real film footage. The attention to detail from the replica signs, to the concession cups even the clothes and plays in the final game made it even more exceptional. This was a great entertaining movie don't expect a biopic just watch as a enjoyable movie.

Black or White We Fight Along Glory Road1.) The movie was about a mixed race basketball team and throughout the movie they had to learn to work together as a team with black and white players to win the National Championship. During the movie they struggled to deal with racism on and off the court. It's a mixed race basket ball team trying to win the National championship. 2.) The movie is set in Texas Western in 1965, It's a mixed race basket ball team trying to win the National championship The main characters were: • Don Haskins- coach • Bobby Joe Hill- One of the black players • Harry Flowrnoy –'' '' • Willie "scoop" Cager- " " • Neville Shed – " "3.) Josh Lucas was Don Haskins – he did a good job at playing the coach it would have been the hardest roll in the movie. Derek Luke was bobby Joe Hill- he played a character with a heart condition witch put him on the side lines cheering for his team. 4.) I liked watching basketball and how they overcome all the bad racism (eg : when one of the black players got bashed in the toilet)They proved that they were just as good anyone else. 5.) No what the obstacle's or problem is thrown at you , if you keep pushing for word you can achieve anything. 6.) Teenagers & upwards would like this movie, I would recommend this to males because most of the racist Slurs came from the males and the movie is all about sport. The MPAA rating for glory road is PG and I feel it is worth a look. I would give this movie 5/10 ratingJames is 15, he was born on 29th February 1996 and he only get a birthday every 4 years. This is his first year at Denmark Agriculture college.