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In 1999, Ken Carter (Samuel L. Jackson) returns to his old high school in Richmond, California, to get the basketball team into shape. With tough rules and academic discipline, he succeeds in setting the players on a winning streak. But when their grades start to suffer, Carter locks them out of the gym and shuts down their championship season. When he is criticized by the players and their parents, he sticks to his guns, determined that they excel in class as well as on the court.

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Even though it's based on a true story, Coach Carter is pretty formulaic stuff, but it's effective and energetic, thanks to a strong central performance from Samuel L. Jackson.

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Coach Carter | Rotten Tomatoes (1) Nell Minow Common Sense Media Engaging film with a terrific message. Rated: 4/5 Dec 22, 2010 Full Review Coach Carter | Rotten Tomatoes (2) J. R. Jones Chicago Reader This is supposed to be about setting high standards, yet it's full of fudged ultimatums; in the end I couldn't be sure whether its morality was complex or just confused. Mar 25, 2008 Full Review Coach Carter | Rotten Tomatoes (3) Nathan Rabin AV Club Samuel L. Jackson shouts, yells, bellows, and screams his way through the fact-inspired film Oct 6, 2006 Full Review Coach Carter | Rotten Tomatoes (4) David Nusair Reel Film Reviews ...a decent-enough inspirational sports drama... Rated: 2.5/4 Feb 18, 2023 Full Review Coach Carter | Rotten Tomatoes (5) Eddie Harrison The List Despite the attraction of fluently filmed basketball sequences, director Thomas Carter's simplistic approach to the social and educational issues involved makes this vacuous MTV-produced movie fall well short of the basket. Rated: 2/5 Apr 23, 2019 Full Review Coach Carter | Rotten Tomatoes (6) Leigh Paatsch Herald Sun (Australia) A quality sports drama. Rated: 3/5 Sep 27, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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Josh H It's a great movie, but the ending isn't great. Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 10/28/24 Full Review William B One of the best sports movies, this is coming from someone who doesn't really like sports movies. Rated 4.5/5 Stars • Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 10/11/24 Full Review Audience Member Favorite basketball movie Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/10/24 Full Review Cameron C This movie is legend!! Any baller will love this movie and it teaches so many life lessons. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/19/24 Full Review Kauã M Watching this film so many years later may give the impression that it is a cliche, because it is. However, the direction and the good plot manage to disguise this, even if the social criticism doesn't work as much, the film is engaging and the characters are captivating. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/09/24 Full Review Rebecca K Such an inspirational and accurate movie. The acting and storyline was perfect and I finished the movie with high expectations. Samuel L Jackson was amazing. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/05/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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Thomas Carter Director Samuel L. Jackson Coach Ken Carter Robert Ri'chard Damien Carter Rob Brown Kenyon Stone Ashanti Kyra Debbi Morgan Tonya
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Synopsis In 1999, Ken Carter (Samuel L. Jackson) returns to his old high school in Richmond, California, to get the basketball team into shape. With tough rules and academic discipline, he succeeds in setting the players on a winning streak. But when their grades start to suffer, Carter locks them out of the gym and shuts down their championship season. When he is criticized by the players and their parents, he sticks to his guns, determined that they excel in class as well as on the court.

Director
Thomas Carter

Producer
Brian Robbins, Michael Tollin

Screenwriter
Mark Schwahn

Distributor
Paramount Pictures

Production Co
MTV Films, Tollin/Robbins Productions

Rating
PG-13 (Sexual Content|Language|Some Drug Material|Teen Partying|Violence)

Genre
Drama

Original Language
English

Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 14, 2005, Wide

Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 15, 2011

Box Office (Gross USA)
$67.3M

Runtime
2h 16m

Sound Mix
Dolby SRD, DTS, Surround

Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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