COACH CARTER-by Mario Campos

A review of the film “Coach Carter”

In this entry I am going to talk about one the top ten movies I have ever seen. A film that fills you with lots of different emotions such as sadness, courage and thrill.

Coach Carter is a drama film made in 2005, based on real events.

In this movie Ken Carter (played by Samuel L. Jackson) accepts the job as a basketball coach in Richmond High School. The players on this team do not take their studies seriously, and some even end up selling drugs on the streets.

The coach makes his players sign a serious contract in which they must take the training sessions seriously as well as perform well at school. He does these by strict punishment and attitude. He drives a losing team into a 14-0 match-winning team.

Although this is a very high accomplishment Coach Ken Carter is not happy because the players are failing their subjects. He decides to lock up the school gym, even during games. He says that he will open it again as soon as he sees an improvement on all of the players’ grades.

After a lot of hard work the players pass all of the exams with flying colours and the gym is reopened, allowing the team to resume practice and competition.

The team wins a spot into a very important tournament in which, although they lose in the final, many of the players have good enough statistics to win basketball scholarships in different universities.

Overall I highly recommend this movie because it shows people that if you work hard, you can accomplish anything. It also shows how sport practice can keep young people from the streets.