Reviews for this film from our members:
- David Bax @ Battleship Pretension
- Excerpt: Thankfully, Caro is interested in giving us more than just Runs with Latinos. Under her guidance, McFarland is a work of humble power, the kind of sincere, heartwarming family cinema we haven’t seen since The Rookie.
- Nicholas Bell @ Ioncinema
- Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat @ Spirituality & Practice
- Excerpt: An exciting sports film that also stands as an emotionally rich depiction of community, sharing, and generosity.
- Bill Clark @ From The Balcony
- Excerpt: McFarland USA won’t win any awards for originality, but it’s a prime example of a proven formula done right.
- Mark Dujsik @ Mark Reviews Movies
- Excerpt: McFarland, USA is a sports movie that doesn’t know what to do with the sport that serves as its focus.
- Susan Granger @ www.susangranger.com
- Excerpt: Scrappy and stirring, it’s a feel-good, underdog sports story.
- Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
- Excerpt: What separates this from a lesser film of this sort is in the sincerity of the story. There’s an honesty to the performances that draws you in to the plight of these kids.
- Charlie Juhl @ Citizen Charlie
- Excerpt: Disney dusts off the “They can’t play that sport!” formula (Cool Runnings, Million Dollar Arm), sprinkles in some Chariots of Fire, and produces another underdog sports team that could
- Kristin Dreyer Kramer @ NightsAndWeekends.com
- Glenn Lovell @ CinemaDope.com
- Excerpt: In the early running, Costner is all about ego and what’s best for him and his family; he may even be using the boys to land a cushy new job. And it’s this unsportsmanlike conduct that makes this one of the better recent sports movies.
- [New – 10/1/15] | Jared Mobarak @ The Film Stage
- Pat Mullen @ Cinemablographer
- Excerpt: Costner, fresh off a great performance in the similarly feel good Black or White, looks to be on the verge of his own Disney-ish McConnaissance as he offers a one-two punch of solid dramatic work.
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