La utilicé para identificar eneatipos en una formación de las 9 maneras de andar por la vida. Hubiese preferido tuviera la opción de subtítulos en español.

Love this movie!!

Used this movie to teach my son about teen pregnancy on a basketball road trip.

Coach Carter was based upon a true story of a high school basketball coach in Richmond, California a city I grew up in. It was a typical inner city story of kids in a rough neighborhood who had to be worked into shape by a tough coach. He teaches them fundamentals of basketball, what it means to be a team, to take academics seriously, etc.

This is the kind of role that Samuel L. Jackson excels at. He gets to act tough with an attitude and do a bunch of yelling. At the same time he has a heart and cares about his players. The highlight turns out to be when he forfeits games and ends practices until the kids can get their grades up. That leads to a confrontation with the principal and the school board who feel that sports is more important than academics.

The movie is predictable but still enjoyable. Surprisingly there’s not that much basketball action because the story is about all the stuff that happens off the court.
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Loved it!

I personally know one of the characters the actor portrayed. I watch it over and over again.

Uplifting without ignoring the challenges

I loved this movie all around. It was a feel good movie about overcoming adversity even though the deck was stacked against you. Samuel L. Jackson played a superb role of a strong black man raising his son in a not so forgiving neighborhood. He took on the father like role to the whole team who were dealing with issues of their own. One of the biggest things I loved was how he got them to see what they were capable of when he had one of the characters read the famous quote:

"Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.' - Marianne Williamson

Twista Feat Faith Evans song "Hope" set the movie up to be a tear jerkier at the end. One of the best movie I have seen in years.