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The Mighty Macs
In 1971, Immaculata College finds a new coach, Cathy Rush, to head its women's basketball team. Though her team has no gym and no uniforms, and the school itself is in danger of being sold, Coach Rush looks to steer her girls to their first national championship.
2 May 1985, Staten Island, New York, USA
11 January 1971, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
20 September 1931, New York City, New York, USA
24 March 1972, Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA
October 20, 2011
Sports movies live and die by what takes place on the court or in the field, and this one feels rather rote.
October 21, 2011
There's something refreshingly unpushy about the movie and its beliefs, and Gugino seems to be sauntering through on her way to a different, spikier movie, the kind that is her stock in trade.
November 10, 2011
A by-the-numbers underdog sports movie, but as a female athlete who benefited from the national attention that team brought to female athletes, I embrace this feel-good story.
February 22, 2012
...a well-intentioned and consistently earnest endeavor that is, unfortunately, completely underwhelming almost from start to finish...
January 06, 2013
Plucky
October 21, 2011
Without resorting to any trick plays, "The Mighty Macs" is the equivalent of high-top Converse All-Stars: timeless and effective, but perhaps not flashy enough for the kids at the mall.
February 08, 2012
If you're a sucker for underdog stories and love rooting for a ragtag bunch that takes the nation by surprise, you'll find that "The Mighty Macs" delivers the same emotional payoff as "Hoosiers."
October 21, 2011
The blandly inspirational sports flick "The Mighty Macs" is warm- spirited but all too obvious, even as the charms of its lead performer Carla Gugino help sell this familiar story.
October 20, 2011
[It's] given such old-fashioned, kid-gloves treatment that its potential warmth and excitement caves under the weight of writer-producer-director Tim Chambers' good intentions.
October 21, 2011
Sometimes a film feels a bit too pat and yet is impossible to resist.
June 22, 2013
There's a nice inspirational message for young girls in this movie, and boy does this movie hit it hard.