Glory Road

Glory Road (2006)

  • 55% of critics liked it
    (150 reviews)

  • 82% of users liked it
    (321,455 ratings)

A true-life story of a basketball team who broke down barriers while racking up victories is the basis for this sports drama. Don Haskins (Josh Lucas) was a high school and college basketball star who, after six years of working with high school teams, became the head coach at Texas Western… More

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PG,
Directed By
Written By
Christopher Cleveland, Gregory Allen Howard
Genres
Sports & Fitness, Drama
In Theaters
Jan 13, 2006 Wide
Buena Vista

Critic Reviews

  • J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader

    First-time director James Gartner observes all the rituals--the coach busting chops, the team sneaking out to party--but the players are indifferently characterized and the civil rights story has a fake Black History Month feel.

  • Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

    Glory Road is a rousing and worthy tribute to one of the most important college basketball teams and one of the most important championship games of all time.

  • Matt Singer, Village Voice

    The team's accomplishments are here diluted into fodder for another of the producer's feel-good man-weepies.

  • Mike Clark, USA Today

    An appealing Disney sports movie that underplays its potential, Glory Road is at least a more satisfying basketball saga than last year's Coach Carter.

  • Susan Walker, Toronto Star

    Lacking the gritty reality of the 1994 documentary Hoop Dreams, this Jerry Bruckheimer film, directed by newcomer James Gartner, converts a year in the life of a basketball team into a very conventional triumph of the underdogs.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Jeff "


    Glory Road is a pretty good sports drama, yet it uses all the usual clichés to tell its story. That's the thing I noticed with every sports films, no matter what story kit is, no matter how they spin it, it always ends up feeling like the same old film. I'm not saying that… More

  • Eric A


    Cliche, yes but a good cliche type of movie. Descent to good acting and a great story make for a good sports film here.

  • Cassie H


    Beyond the excellence of sports movies and Josh Lucas never ceases to amazes me in movies and the lives of the other basketball stories are inspiring as well :)

  • Jim C


    Is it the greatest sports movie ever, no, but was it a good one, yes. A very interesting story and a few plot mistakes from real life from what ive read. The acting and backrounds of the characters were pretty good. I really enjoyed this movie, a true movie for sport movie lovers.

  • Leigh R


    Didn't think I would like it but I really did enjoy it. Doesn't hurt that it had Emily Deschanel in it too. She's awesome.

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