Movie Review: Glory Road

1 is “Not Good!” and 10 is “Had It All”

Overall Rating: 8

Ratings for:
Dialogue: 6
Acting: 6
Directing: 6
Scariness: 1 (This is about learning self control, growing up, and becoming a productive team member)
Music: 4

Ratio of bald men to men with hair: ~10% (normal for a macho flick)
Percentage Chic Flick: 3
Percentage Macho Flick: 9
Fairness in how men were portrayed: 7

Special Effects: 5 (Average, there were none that I saw)
How true to the book was it? Unknown or N/A
Reality Ratio: 8
Enthrallment: 8 (portrayal of the basketball action was incredible)

Worth the price of admission? An incredibly inspirational movie! But see it on the home screen if money is tight. You will lose some of the sensations of seeing the on-court action. But do watch this movie based on a real life team during the formative years of integration.

Recommendation: See this movie. As a man, I suspect you will identify with the characters. As a woman, you will learn about men and how they think, and react. This movie is about walking a mile in someone else’s shoes, taking a chance at letting your core feelings get hurt, and rising above the petty, hateful, and troublesome problems of integration.

I was in awe of the chances the white coach took to further the rights of black minorities. He allowed himself to think out side the box, with great risk to himself and his family.