Glory Road

Glory Road (2006)

  • 56% of critics liked it
    (149 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, 1 hr. 57 min.
Directed By
James Gartner
Written By
Christopher Cleveland, Gregory Allen Howard
Genres
Sports & Fitness, Drama
In Theaters
Jan 13, 2006 Wide
On DVD
Jun 6, 2006
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

  • 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 :)

  • Brad W


    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.

  • Eliza N


    Just because it is a movie based on real facts ,is worth watching !!!!!!

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