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Summary
A former basketball all-star, who has lost his wife and family foundation in a struggle with addiction, attempts to regain his soul and salvation by becoming the coach of a disparate ethnically mixed high school basketball team at his alma mater.
Good for
- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Teens
Skip it if
- You want something to laugh at
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics a little warmer than audiences (+5)
Critics 75Audiences 70GoodWatch 72
Tomatometer84%
Metascore66
Audience score80%
IMDb6.7
User score6.7
Letterboxd · 82 K ratings3.3/5
Box office
63%of its budget back
- Budget
- $23 M
- Worldwide
- $15 M
Worldwide it made back $15 M of the $23 M it cost.
Running time
1 h 48 min
A typical length for dramas
typical 109108Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 71 countries, rent or buy in 31 more
+61Released
2020
March 5, 2020
6 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
ItalianMade in
United States
Canada
Critics' Choice Awards2021
- Best Actor2021Nominated
Rated
- RUnited States
Yes: it's rated R in the United States for strong language and drug use, and the viewing guide lists it for family nights.
What's in it
- ViolenceLittle or none
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesMild
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
- Drug useNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFamily Movie NightFriends NightIntergenerationalPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensDrop-in FriendlyThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids.
and 43 more64 people
- Ben AffleckJack Cunningham
- Al MadrigalDan
- Michaela WatkinsBeth
- Janina GavankarAngela
- Glynn TurmanDoc
- Melvin GreggMarcus Parrish
- Brandon WilsonBrandon Durrett
- Will RoppKenny Dawes
Fernando Luis VegaSam Garcia
Charles Lott, Jr.Chubbs Hendricks
Ben IrvingBobby Freeze
Da'VinchiDevon Childress
John AylwardFather Edward Devine
T.K. CarterRuss
Rachael CarpaniDiane
Todd StashwickKurt
Nancy Linehan CharlesAnne
Dan LauriaGerry Norris
Chris BrunoSal
Matthew GlaveCoach Lombardo
Jeremy RatchfordMatty (Bartender)
Jayne TainiSusan Norris
Jeremy RadinFather Mark Whelan
Nico DavidRyan
Directing · 4
- Gavin O'Connor Director, Producer
- Steve Gehrke Script Supervisor
- Jamie Marshall First Assistant Director
- Kevin Lum Second Assistant Director
Writing · 1
- Brad Ingelsby Writer, Executive Producer
Production · 28
- Aaron L. Gilbert Executive Producer
- Jason Cloth Executive Producer
- Bob Dohrmann Executive Producer, Unit Production Manager
- Mark Ciardi Executive Producer
- Kaitlyn Taaffe Cronholm Executive Producer
- Kevin McCormick Executive Producer
Camera · 16
- Eduard Grau Director of Photography
- Seth A. Peschansky Second Assistant "B" Camera
- Richard Foreman Jr. Still Photographer
- Peter Rosenfeld "A" Camera Operator
- Jim Leidholdt Dolly Grip
- Stephen MacDougall First Assistant "A" Camera
Editing · 4
- David Rosenbloom Editor
- Anna Rottke Assistant Editor
- Yvan Lucas Digital Intermediate Colorist
- Joe Rosenbloom First Assistant Editor
Sound · 18
- Rob Simonsen Original Music Composer
- Mark Mangini Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Byron Wilson Supervising Sound Editor
- Gabe Hilfer Music Supervisor
- Steven A. Morrow Sound Mixer
- Gary Summers Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Art · 15
- Keith P. Cunningham Production Design
- Douglas A. Mowat Set Decoration
- Brittany Bradford Assistant Art Director
- Bradley Rubin Art Direction
- Fred Haft Leadman
- Michael LaCorte Art Department Coordinator
Costume & Make-Up · 11
- Cindy Evans Costume Design
- Cindy Rosenthal Key Costumer
- Jo Kissack Folsom Assistant Costume Designer
- John M. 'Jack' Wright Key Costumer
- Sandy Kenyon Costume Supervisor
- Gerald Quist Makeup Department Head
Visual Effects · 2
- Bruce Jones Visual Effects Supervisor
- Larz Anderson Special Effects Supervisor
Lighting · 2
- Mark McCarthy Chief Lighting Technician
- Jerardo Gomez Rigging Gaffer
Other crew · 10
- Tom McComas Stunt Coordinator
- Allan Graf Stunts
- Lauren Shaw Stunts
- George A. Sack Transportation Coordinator
- Oliver Keller Stunts
- David Rowden II Stunts
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