Coach Carter (2005)
It begins on the streets. It ends here.
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Coach Carter rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb7.4/10· 191K votes
Rotten Tomatoes63%
Metacritic57%
TMDb7.575/10· 3K votesWith 63% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.4/10 on IMDb and 57/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.
About Coach Carter
Based on a true story, in which Richmond High School head basketball coach Ken Carter made headlines in 1999 for benching his undefeated team due to poor academic results.
Cast of Coach Carter
Samuel L. Jackson
as Ken Carter
Rob Brown
as Kenyon Stone
Robert Ri'chard
as Damien Carter
Rick Gonzalez
as Timo Cruz
Nana Gbewonyo
as Junior Battle
Antwon Tanner
as Worm
Channing Tatum
as Jason Lyle
Ashanti
as Kyra
Texas Battle
as Maddux
Denise Dowse
as Principal Garrison
Debbi Morgan
as Tonya
Mel Winkler
as Coach White
Coach Carter facts
- Budget
- $30M
- Box office
- $76.7M
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •True story adaptation delivers genuinely inspiring sports drama messaging
- •Lead performance brings authoritative intensity to strict coach archetype
- •Basketball sequences capture sport authenticity with strategic clarity
What the audience disliked
- •Formulaic sports movie beats follow predictable narrative structure closely
- •Some performances lack subtlety in delivering emotional character moments
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