Bill Resler, Darnelia Russell, Darnellia Russell
Attending predominantly white Roosevelt High because her mother thinks she'll have better opportunities under the school's successful coach, gifted black hoopster Darnellia Russell puts herself -- and...( read more
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DVD Release Date: February 27, 2007
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June 5, 2007GO ROUGHRIDERS!!!
Russell has the courage that everyone should have. Fight for your dreams...make it happen no matter what. Bravo to Resler for making it happen and believing in "his girls". -
April 21, 2009Best basketball documentary I've seen. Keeps moving the whole way through and slightly more involving than Hoop Dreams. It's a well-produced film covering a good story. Resler and Russell are kind of hilarious as is the locker-door slamming scene. First half hour is a little ...( read more)
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February 9, 2009a good doc ressler cracks me up. his coaching style while strange is affective. damellia's story is kind of sad but not uncommon.
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August 28, 2008kinda fell asleep near the end. so i dont remember much of it. a little boring for me.
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March 15, 2008Perfect. I don't even have words, really. It's just absolutely perfect and I loved it.
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January 19, 2008really liked it. good build up throughout and a new born baby (which every basketball doc' has)... shows thats girls are fuckin mean when they wanna be and that running basketball plays with teenage players aint ever goin work... just let em run!
Critic Reviews
July 7, 2006
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
June 16, 2006
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
'There is nothing more fun than watching you guys play basketball,' says Resler, at one point, and the great strength of The Heart of the Game is that you can't help but agree. full review
June 16, 2006
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
By [the end] we have come to have real respect for Russell's determination. full review
June 16, 2006
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
It's a wrenching, ennobling essay on teamwork and the hard struggle to change one's life. full review
June 15, 2006
Claudia Puig, USA Today
It emerges as a captivating and classic sports film. It is also a compelling story about fairness and doing the right thing, from the team level on up to state bureaucracies and the judicial system. full review
June 15, 2006
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
The dramas going on here, on and off the court, more than make up for any lack of flash. full review
June 15, 2006
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
There's no denying the exuberant energy and emotional force of this movie. It gets to you. full review
June 9, 2006
Kyle Smith, New York Post
If you don't cheer for the high school girls basketball team in the bright documentary The Heart of the Game, you probably slash Mom's tires every Mother's Day. full review
June 2, 2006
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine
Uses its copious basketball footage and revealing player interviews to deftly chart Darnellia's trials and tribulations as well as the squad's eventual embrace of a selfless, teamwork-first ethos. full review
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June 4, 2006this is goin to be a go movie so fuck all u pussy ass nigga and go and see it!
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