
A documentary Roosevelt Roughriders, a girls' high-school basketball team in Seattle, and one player's fight to regain her eligibility to play.... (Full plot summary below)
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A documentary Roosevelt Roughriders, a girls' high-school basketball team in Seattle, and one player's fight to regain her eligibility to play.
Leave your thoughts about The Heart of the Game.
| Entertainment InsidersJonathan W. HickmanOne of the best documentaries I've seen this year. |
| tonymedley.comTony MedleyYou don't have to be a basketball player or fan to enjoy this movie. Documentary film-making at its zenith, this takes you on a magic carpet ride. |
| Deseret News (Salt Lake City)Jeff ViceSerrill is ... able to generate some genuine suspense, and the ensuing human drama -- most of it swirling around Russell, one of the few black students at the mostly white school -- is fascinating. |
| Houston ChronicleAmy BiancolliIts squeak-and-sweat athleticism, its tough, bruised, big-hearted players and its electrifying championship countdowns should appeal to anyone who loves the game. |
| USA TodayClaudia PuigIt captures an authentic feel-good spirit and inspirational message that most Hollywood movies barely approximate. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekWhile this isn't a great documentary (see Hoop Dreams), it's a likable one...an inner-city, gender-reversal version of Hoosiers. |
| Boston GlobeTy BurrIt's a wrenching, ennobling essay on teamwork and the hard struggle to change one's life. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertSports movies have a purity of form. They always end with the big game, in triumph or heartbreak. So does The Heart of the Game, although the lawsuit still hangs over the team after the final free throw. |
| Sacramento BeeCarla MeyerA filmmaker of great patience, Serrill chronicled Resler's teams for several years, demonstrating that if one sticks to a subject long enough, powerful things will emerge. |
| NewsweekDavid AnsenWill it be heartbreak or triumph for the Roosevelt Roughriders? You will care, passionately. |