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Radio

Alfre Woodard, Bert Beatson, Chris Mulkey, Cuba Gooding Jr., Debra Winger, Ed Harris, James Barrett, Joseph E.G. Barrett, Riley Smith, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sarah Drew

James Robert Kennedy--nicknamed 'Radio' because of his vintage radio collection and his love of music--is a loner in Anderson, South Carolina, pushing his ever-present grocery cart up and down the str...( read more  read more... )eets. He speaks to no one and is rarely spoken to, until one day, Coach Harold Jones, one of the town's most respected men, and coach of the popular high school football team, befriends him. Radio is suspicious at first. But Coach Jones is persistent, even enlisting the help of Radio's mother. Jones' friends and family are taken aback as well since, until he met Radio, all his energies were poured exclusively into football. Slowly, Coach Jones earns Radio's trust and opens up a new world to him. He invites Radio to help out at football practice and during games and to sit in on his classes at school, despite the initial misgivings of Principal Daniels. He also champions him to the football players, the students and faculty. Coach Jones' life is also enriched by Radio, from whom he learns to value friendship and family ties as much as he does coaching football. Still, there are those in town who believe that Coach Jones' devotion to the young man is distracting him from his duties as head coach of the football team. There are several attempts to have Radio barred from the classroom and, after his mother's untimely death, remanded to a mental-health facility. Coach Jones valiantly fights off these efforts, but he is finally forced to make a difficult decision, which will impact both his growing friendship with Radio and his career as a football coach.

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  • irisheyes686
    August 23, 2008
    irisheyes686
    One of my favorites. So sad how mentally challenged people are treated by people who just have no idea. But it all came together in the end :)
  • clooneyfan
    July 15, 2008
    clooneyfan
    True story of a South Carolina high school football coach who mentors a mentally challanged boy. I think this was one of Cuba Gooding's finer acting roles.
  • powerofmylove
    February 4, 2008
    powerofmylove
    This was a really good movie Cuba did good.
  • JDFortuneFan
    September 23, 2007
    JDFortuneFan
    This movie may be predictable, yet it is filled with lessons we could all learn about life and treating our fellow humans with respect and dignity. Ed Harris and Cuba Gooding, Jr are both spectacular in their respective roles. Knowing the film is based upon a real individual; o...( read more)ne cannot help but have the heart strings tweaked a bit while watching.
  • AgentLexi2132
    August 13, 2007
    AgentLexi2132
    wheres the sequel? tv anyone?
  • xxltmoney
    November 28, 2009
    xxltmoney
    This was a pretty good movie. It was really sad at parts but it seemed to be a great message to the audience.
  • VanillaRyce
    November 26, 2009
    VanillaRyce
    This is a wonderful family movie.
  • formerwowaddic
    November 3, 2009
    formerwowaddic
    might be cuba's best perfomance
  • pinnakvinna
    October 17, 2009
    pinnakvinna
    I really liked this movie, Cuba Gooding Jr plays a psycholigically handicapped young man who loves to listen to music. He is called Radio because of his interest for the radio. He likes to wander around the local football field and watch the players play football. Several players...( read more) like to harrass Radio but the coach sees some qualities in Radio that he really likes. So the coach starts fighting for Radio's rights and wellbeing. A very touching story and very well played by these talented actors.
  • yona71
    October 14, 2009
    yona71
    This is quite a powerful film.
    Cuba Gooding Jr. turns in a brilliant performance as the mentally challenged loner James Robert Kennedy nicknamed "Radio" due to his vintage radio collection in which one is always in his hand playing music he loves, and gives a "score" to his lone...( read more)ly existence of pushing a grocery cart up and down the streets of a South Carolina town.
    Ed Harris is brilliant as usual as the town's popular high school football team coach who takes an interest in Radio upon seeing him watching a practice session. His friendship and concern for Radio develops into something that means much more than football to the very well respected coach, Harold Jones.
    Jones allows Radio to be part of the team's practices and games on the sidelines, and sit in on his classes in school which opens up a whole new world for James(Radio), and essentially gives him a life that he is in dire need of.
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