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MEANRANK
64/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3297
- IMDb #2489
- Google retired #496
- Rotten Tomatoes #3344
- Metacritic #3978
- Letterboxd #3029
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #4550
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1728
- Metacritic Critics #4374
- Metacritic Audience #2768
- Criticker #2720
- Kinopoisk #326
- AlloCiné #1951
- Trakt #1861
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 34, highest is Google on 94. Critics average 36, everyone else 71.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →The coach of a high school football team befriends a mentally challenged young man who wanders by the practice field every day. He takes him under his wing, offering him a place on the team and in the school, facing some resistance but ultimately changing the community.
Details
- Director
- Michael Tollin
- Writer
- Mike Rich
- Released
- 24 October 2003
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $35.0M
- Box office
- $53.3M
- Awards
- 12 wins, 3 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 15 →12 wins from 15 nominations across 5 ceremonies
| Black Reel Awards 2003 | Best Actor | Cuba Gooding Jr. | Nominee |
| CAMIE Awards 2003 | Theatrical release | Todd Garner | Winner |
| CAMIE Awards 2003 | Theatrical release | Michael Tollin | Winner |
| CAMIE Awards 2003 | Theatrical release | Mike Rich | Winner |
| CAMIE Awards 2003 | Theatrical release | Cuba Gooding Jr. | Winner |
| CAMIE Awards 2003 | Theatrical release | Ed Harris | Winner |
| CAMIE Awards 2003 | Theatrical release | Alfre Woodard | Winner |
| CAMIE Awards 2003 | Theatrical release | Brent Sexton | Winner |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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15 awards — Radio
×| Theatrical release | Todd Garner | Winner |
| Theatrical release | Michael Tollin | Winner |
| Theatrical release | Mike Rich | Winner |
| Theatrical release | Cuba Gooding Jr. | Winner |
| Theatrical release | Ed Harris | Winner |
| Theatrical release | Alfre Woodard | Winner |
| Theatrical release | Brent Sexton | Winner |
| Theatrical release | S. Epatha Merkerson | Winner |
| Theatrical release | Sarah Drew | Winner |
| Theatrical release | Riley Smith | Winner |
| Outstanding Actor | Cuba Gooding Jr. | Winner |
| Supporting Actress | Alfre Woodard | Winner |
| Best Actor | Cuba Gooding Jr. | Nominee |
| Best Sports Movie | Nominee |
| Worst Actor | Cuba Gooding Jr. | Nominee |