Review of Glory Road (2006) by Scottb. — 17 Jun 2006
Sports films usually fall into a web of cliches, and this one at least minimizes some of the bigger traps... [***SPOILERS***] the shot literally as the buzzer is sounding, the "for effect" slo-mo replay, the troubled athlete who comes to terms with his inner demons (oh, it has this one).
As a whole it stays pretty close to history and doesn't jump at the chance to build on Adolph Rupp's reputation as a closet racist by portraying him as a man bent on simply, winning. Don Haskins come off as a saint for sitting all his white players (according to the film it wasn't because they weren't as good, "yeah, riiiiight.
..") in the finals and being the savior for a group of "undisciplined" athletic players. The Dixie flags at the final game was overboard and didn't blog as it has no basis in history.
Otherwise a watchable film.
This review of Glory Road (2006) was written by Scottb. on 17 June 2006.
Glory Road has generally received positive reviews.
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