Hoosiers (1986)

Absolutely the worst movie.

A waste of 90 minutes of my life

It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.

Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

I got to experience this movie in Bu-Ray High Definition with my Dad I actually loved this movie Gene Hackman did a great job playing the coach and then what was cool a couple of months after I had seen the movie we had a wedding to go to because that is where some of our cousins live and some on of them was getting married so on the way there I saw the sign for the exit to take to go see the Hoosiers Basketball Museum and High School and you could also see where they filmed the movie I wanted to go but we were on a very tight schedule for the wedding me and my dad were very bummed anyway you should actually definitely really see this movie film.

A formulaic sports movie, "Hoosiers" stars Gene Hackman and Dennis Hopper as a couple of maladjusted men who coach a small town basketball team. Overcoming obstacles, their underdog team wins the 1954 state championship. Along the way, coaches and players learn various life lessons.Though viewed as a classic by many (it was one of the earliest mainstream basketball flicks), "Hoosiers" is mostly thin and comprised of clichés. Director Angelo Pizzo's cinematography, some fine small-town ambiance and another strong performance by Gene Hackman makes up for this, but it's not enough.7.5/10 – Worth one viewing. See "Bull Durham" and "He Got Game".

A lot of reviewers have given their arguments already. All I can say is: this will bring joy to your heart if you have ever played a team sport. It's a feel good movie, and you should not be ashamed to feel good when you watch it. Three points! *** But it seems IMDb does not allow reviews of less than 10 lines. Sorry. The rest of the review is superfluous to what I said, but ... the mood in the locker room, the bonding as a team in opposition, Gene Hackmann's redemption, a coach actually making a difference with his personal style of how to train; it all resonated with me, a former (absolutely former) elite athlete, having experienced a coach not unlike the protagonist. Just watch, m'kay. I did tonight that for the third time, on a whim, and this movie still holds up.

If you were going to make the absolute best possible movie a sports movie can be, this would be it. You have a great lead in Gene Hackman playing a high school basketball coach coming to a small town to turn around a bunch of sad sack losers into a championship team. Overcoming teams from much bigger schools with much bigger players on their rosters. The locations and the atmosphere of the movie was spot on, they had a very bar minimum gymnasium to play in. The emphasis they put on basketball in small town Indiana was perfect since it really is the most important thing to the towns people since a small town like that doesn't have any pro sports teams of their own so they have to latch onto their high school teams.