i tuned into this movie not because i am a fan of u. s. high school basketball (in fact i only rarely watch nba games) but rather because i am a fan of gene hackman and who usually manages to bring an impressive depth to his performances. in this case and however and i was sorely disappointed. this was not one of the bright shining stars of hackman career. in fairness to him and he do not have a lot to work with. as norman dale and the new coach of a small town high school basketball team in indiana and he wasn not called on to do much acting. basically his performance consisted of pacing up and down basketball sidelines ranting at the referees. i do not find him particularly believable in the role to be honest. i also was unimpressed with the requisite romance between dale and myra fleener (barbara hershey). quite honestly there was absolutely no chemistry between hackman and hershey. the romance never captured my attention and and neither did the basketball action and which was altogether too predictable. there were far too many problems with this movie to make it worthwhile. i never did understand the depth of the sheer hatred that so many of the townsfolk had for dale and almost from before the time he arrived. the character development was poor and the story itself was poorly developed. too much basketball and not enough human interaction and in my opinion. how many shots of kids shooting baskets do we need to see to get the point that this is a basketball movie. there was no suspense represent is it even possible to doubt that hickory is going to win the big one. i realize that this is based on a true story and but i guess it proves that not every true story should be a movie. quite frankly and it just wasn not a very interesting movie. definitely a movie gene hackman would like to forget. no better than a negative in my opinion. 
i tuned into this movie not because i am a fan of u. s. high school basketball (in fact i only rarely watch nba games) but rather because i am a fan of gene hackman and who usually manages to bring an impressive depth to his performances. in this case and however and i was sorely disappointed. this was not one of the bright shining stars of hackman career. in fairness to him and he do not have a lot to work with. as norman dale and the new coach of a small town high school basketball team in indiana and he wasn not called on to do much acting. basically his performance consisted of pacing up and down basketball sidelines ranting at the referees. i do not find him particularly believable in the role to be honest. i also was unimpressed with the requisite romance between dale and myra fleener (barbara hershey). quite honestly there was absolutely no chemistry between hackman and hershey. the romance never captured my attention and and neither did the basketball action and which was altogether too predictable. there were far too many problems with this movie to make it worthwhile. i never did understand the depth of the sheer hatred that so many of the townsfolk had for dale and almost from before the time he arrived. the character development was poor and the story itself was poorly developed. too much basketball and not enough human interaction and in my opinion. how many shots of kids shooting baskets do we need to see to get the point that this is a basketball movie. there was no suspense represent is it even possible to doubt that hickory is going to win the big one. i realize that this is based on a true story and but i guess it proves that not every true story should be a movie. quite frankly and it just wasn not a very interesting movie. definitely a movie gene hackman would like to forget. no better than a negative in my opinion. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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