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I heard a lot about this movie before seeing it so perhaps my expectations were a bit high, however, I wasn't all that thrilled by it. First of all, the "racist" angle was a bit overplayed every time the situations arose. I realize the main theme of the story was about overcoming racism but to pound it into us and exaggerate every such instance made it obvious there was a small hint of an agenda here by the producers. Game action was poor, especially the title game. Most annoying was the announcer: "passes to Smith, over to Jones, etc. etc." ad nauseam. Were they that bad back in the 60's??? Jon Voight as Adolph Rupp did a very poor job or the direction in his scenes (esp. the team huddles) was just bad. The whole title game had a cheesy feel to it. Very disappointed.

I saw this movie in Arizona with the actors there and Jerry Bruckheimer. it was a great movie about black people overcoming racism. I went to one of the schools, Eastern New Mexico University - that the team played. I can tell you that it is serious business to play ball at those schools. Josh Lucas has proved himself to be more of an actor than he was in The Hulk. He is good and perhaps will be the next Charlie Sheen if he plays his cars right. The best scene in the movie was when that one white guy was eating chitlins and the black people were laughing at him. I would suggest this movie to anybody who like Remember the Titans. Josh Lucas may be no Denzel, but is is a runner up, that's FOR CERTAIN!

GLORY ROAD (2006) **1/2 Josh Lucas, Derek Luke, Emily Deschanel, Jon Voight. Atypical Jerry Bruckheimer adaptation of a true-life sports event that changed history forever focuses on the 1966 NCAA basketball team of Texas Western and its fiercely determined coach Don Haskins (a game Lucas) to shake things up by having an all-black starting team during the Civil Rights era which led to some backlash and typical racism for the period. While the histrionics formulaic storyline is hindered by a telegraphed plot (the team would go on to be an underdog resulting in what is maintained as one of college basketball's - and all major sports for that matter- upsets in history) the engaging acting and energetic final act by filmmaker James Gartner forgives its pedestrian script by Chris Cleveland and Bettina Gilois.