The film centers on Joe Paterno, who after becoming the most successful coach in college football history, is embroiled in Penn State's Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse scandal, challenging his legacy and forcing him to face questions of institutional failure regarding the victims.... (Full plot summary below)
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The film centers on Joe Paterno, who after becoming the most successful coach in college football history, is embroiled in Penn State's Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse scandal, challenging his legacy and forcing him to face questions of institutional failure regarding the victims.
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| NOW TorontoKevin RitchieThe Penn State sex-abuse scandal exposed complicity in college sports, but Barry Levinson's drama about the school's legendary football coach only skims the surface of the culture that allowed it happen |
| The Straits Times (Singapore)Alison de SouzaWhere this movie may really lose you, though, is when it asks you to care about what and when Paterno knew of the abuse, or even to feel sorry for him. |
| AARP Movies for GrownupsTim AppeloPacino may collect awards for his thoughtful, moving performance, but he can't make the script a unified experience. Paterno is worth watching, but I'd rather see his next role. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperNow, with the title role in HBO's unsettling and riveting and scathing Paterno, Pacino reminds us of why he's a singular talent. |
| Yahoo! TVKen TuckerIt's a very good performance in a very good film that avoids sensationalizing the crimes in order to explore pain on many levels. |
| Add This To Your ListFunmi SunmonuI don't think that the film gives you a full perspective of what this sex scandal is, how [Paterno] was involved and how Sandusky was involved. |
| CNN.comBrian LowryYes, it's interesting to watch Paterno's end as his family tries to rally around him, but there are too-few glimpses of Penn St. in his heyday, when he and others conveniently looked the other way. |
| Wall Street JournalDorothy RabinowitzAl Pacino's Paterno is so convincing, and eerily lifelike it becomes necessary from time to time, to remember that this isn't the actual coach |
| rogercatlin.comRoger CatlinAl Pacino has specialized in playing actual people for HBO films, from Roy Cohen to Phil Spector, Jack Kavorkian and now Joe Paterno, in an understated and effective portrayal of the beloved Penn State coach... |
| Birth.Movies.Death.Jacob KnightAs a motion picture, Paterno is at odds with itself - playing both as a chamber piece character study and a Spotlight-style investigative journalism procedural - never really finding its true footing. |
