There is one major difference between the two, however. Hoosiers is a fantastic movie, maybe the best sports-related motion picture ever made; Madison, quite simply, is not.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jul 5, 2005

You've seen a movie that has the exact same scene after scene and the sport's just been different.

Full Review | Apr 25, 2005

A touching, spirited family movie that, in the Rocky tradition, is about a sports challenge that represents the hopes and aspirations of characters with little reason to expect success.

Full Review | Apr 22, 2005

Madison brings us the news that miracles really can happen, and an apparent case of divine intervention is the only reason this artifact is being dumped into theaters.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Apr 22, 2005

There isn't a scene, an action or a character that rings true, yet the narrative summary of the events that inspired it is a matter of record.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/4 | Apr 22, 2005

What is it about Indiana that inspires movies about small-town dreamers who come from behind to win?

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 21, 2005

Near-comic predictability, 'What else could go wrong?' plotting and cliche-ridden screenplay sink it.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 21, 2005

Neither Madison the town nor Madison the movie ever feels fully inhabited.

| Apr 21, 2005

Only moviegoers who care about nitrous-oxide injection systems or Madison itself are likely to appreciate it.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 21, 2005

That Madison would emerge from this thrilling chapter in its history as one of the biggest tourist towns in the Midwest is the film's one genuine surprise.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Apr 21, 2005

Hilarious, thrilling, toon-like martial arts flick that's an absolute joy to watch.

Full Review | Original Score: A- | Apr 21, 2005

Caviezel and McCormack manage to portray the stress-filled lives of the McCormicks with a low-key intensity that underscores the couples' frustrations and anxieties.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 21, 2005

The music swells on cue with patriotic harmonies. And the head nods, narcotized by uplift.

| Original Score: C- | Apr 20, 2005

Peddles condescending hokum as heartland values.

| Apr 19, 2005

It's so busy wallowing in the agony of defeat that it never gets around to conveying that tangible thrill of victory.

Full Review | Apr 19, 2005