Underrated sports movie from Disney with an inspirational true story

| Nov 14, 2021

A very lazy movie. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Feb 12, 2020

If you're a basketball fan, you'll love it. If you're a parent looking for movie inspiration for your offspring, see it as a family outing. For everyone else, Glory Road is an accessible time capsule of American history.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 26, 2018

Like most sports films Glory Road works best when it is actually showcasing its sport ... off the court, however, it's alternately flat and didactic. Director Gartner goes to great pains to drill the films message in, early and often.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Mar 22, 2011

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 20, 2008

Playing out like Remember The Titans for basketball fans, Glory Road is yet another would-be inspirational true story that follows sports-movie conventions.

Full Review | Jul 23, 2008

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.

| Mar 25, 2008

Why must Hollywood lace every African-American drama with elements of comedy, as if black people find everything comical?

| Original Score: 0/4 | May 2, 2007

It isn't meant to be a movie that makes us think, or that makes us uneasy in any way. It's meant to make us feel good.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Apr 8, 2007

Trying to make a sports movie for the entire family is understandable, but it makes a complicated story like Glory Road feel more like Disney than reality.

Full Review | Mar 24, 2007

This is the type of story that's better suited to the documentary format.

| Original Score: C | Dec 12, 2006

An underdog sports movie by the numbers.

Full Review | Original Score: C | Nov 27, 2006

Like Hoosiers, this Jerry Bruckheimer film is a David and Goliath sports saga that holds just as much suspense and interest no matter how many times you watch it.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Nov 19, 2006

It's Remember the Titans on the basketball court. Count it right up there with the best of Disney's fine sports flicks.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 24, 2006

History wins in by-the-numbers sports flick ...

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 27, 2006

...it's ultimately rather difficult not to get caught up in this inspirational true-life tale.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 24, 2006

Determinado a ressaltar a importância da história que está contando, o filme mergulha em erros factuais, maniqueísmos e clichês, transformando algo significativo em puro água-com-açúcar.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | May 18, 2006

Gartner makes a hash of the game scenes and must resort to voiceover sportscasters to explain what's happening.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 12, 2006

A darn good story, told with enough conviction and impact to connect with people who don't know the difference between a three-pointer and a field goal.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 4, 2006

The familiar territory covered here may leave you wishing for something that digs deeper into the soul of a sportsman's passion.

| Original Score: B | Mar 14, 2006