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Inspirational, entertaining and gripping, is the first great movie of 2005, a memorable star vehicle for Samuel L. Jackson that may just go down in history as one of the best basketball movies ever made.
You don't need to be a fan of the game to appreciate this tale of troubled youths being pushed to succeed and treat themselves with respect; all you have to be is human. Based on a true story, Jackson is Coach Ken Carter, a militaristic man's man who takes over a high school basketball team in the ghetto. With their selfish playing style and lack of respect for the game, the Richmond Oilers seem destined to repeat the previous season's win total of four. The new coach, however, brings with him an innovative program that requires them to make pledges including maintaining a 2.3 grade point average, attending class and sitting in the front row. When things start to turn around and the team puts together a historical winning streak, is forced to implement his academic policy by locking the team out of the gymnasium. It turns out that Coach Carter has a lot to teach these young men, and basketball is pretty far down the list.
Veteran director Thomas Carter ( Save the Last Dance) shows a real knack for avoiding the pitfalls of the sports movie by keeping the emphasis where it belongs: on the people. The scenes on the court are not only well-photographed and edited together, but they carry more emotional resonance because of the way that Carter juggles each storyline so effectively. As you get to know the coach and his team, it's impossible not to root for them; as he teaches them to respect others, strive for an education and lose their thug personas, it's even harder to disagree. The basketball players are a strong collection of young actors that includes Rob Brown ( Finding Forrester), Robert Ri'chard (the upcoming House of Wax), Antwon Tanner ( 187) and Rick Gonzalez ( Old School). Each leave lasting impressions, crafting characters whose lives and problems are worthy diversions when there's no ball to be seen. Gonzalez particularly impresses as the tough-talking Timo Cruz, a troubled youth at a crossroads who rejects Coach Carter's authority until he finds himself confronted with a tragedy.
As Coach Carter talks to these boys, telling them that their future lies in their own hands and that the world wants them to fail, you can feel the inspirational words floating down off the screen and into the audience. This is the type of movie that can inspire kids to go to college, or just as easily get you to go home, type up that resume, and apply for a better job. There are few actors who could balance the abundance of strength and wisdom that Samuel L.
Jackson brings to the role with the hipness that makes people want to listen to him. For Jackson, the part of Coach Carter should become the leading-man breakthrough he's been trying to have for years. When these kids greet their coach with the n-word and he responds by calling them 'sir', the character is in danger of becoming too stiff; when he responds to a dissenting student by pushing his face into the wall, the pendulum swings the other way towards fears of The Substitute 5. But Jackson walks the line so well that you can't imagine anyone else in the role. When he reminisces about his old glory days, you believe him; when he shows the importance of principles, you wish you could have his convictions.
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And when it comes time to convince us that his team wouldn't want to make him angry, well, he is Samuel L. The only problems with Coach Carter stem from the ambiguous time period and a few subplots that are handled too carelessly. The real Coach Carter led his team to victory in 1999, yet this movie tries to remain relevant with several references to LeBron James, who was just beginning to make a splash that season. A storyline involving the singer Ashanti as a teenage girl pregnant by one of the players goes too long and then is resolved far too neatly, and the mutually respectful relationship between the coach and his son Damien (Ri'chard) simply doesn't ring true for two men who seem so stubborn. In the end, Thomas Carter whips out a few tricks to throw our concept of the sports movie on its ear and remind us all that sports are a pastime to be appreciated, but also one that teaches valuable life lessons. How to buck the odds, how to make a lasting impression, how to inform without getting too preachy.
These are lessons that could not only be taught by Samuel L. Jackson's titular coach, but by the director who shares his surname as well.