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	COACH CARTER
		Carter methods and goals are largely twofold – he wants to make a winning team out of the misfits, whose previous record was 4-16 the year before, and his paramount concern even over basketball is for the athletes to become great students to increase their chances of becoming somebody in life.
		Carter at one point slams a petulant student for referring to him as a “nigger”, to which he responds, “That term is an offensive racist slur that offends our ancestors.
		Carter is a military tactician when it comes to conditioning, and any amount of tardiness (even by the second) to practice, or any smartass remarks or disrespect from anyone, then you get a do not pass go, do not collect $200, but you do get to do 200 pushups.
	www.craigerscinemacorner.com /Reviews/coach_carter.htm (1491 words)

	Coach Carter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Carter had himself been a student at Richmond in the early '70s, and took the job as both a challenge and a favor to the previous coach.
		Coach Carter uses respect as the basis of his coaching style; he insists on referring to each player as "sir" and forbids use of the word "nigger".
		Carter pushes the entire team hard in training, concentrating on building stamina, which causes them to be able to outlast their opponents on the court.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Coach_Carter (641 words)

	Coach Carter \| film reviews \| musicOMH.com
		When the coach in question is played by Samuel L Jackson, the action is accompanied by a hot hip hop soundtrack and the plot is inspired by a true story, this is a film that can stick its neck above the genre and demand to be seen.
		Ken Carter, the man who inspired the film, made the headlines when he controversially locked his undefeated basketball team out the school gym because several members of the team were not keeping up their grades.
		Carter struggles to get the community on his side but his team begin to support him and the lockout is ended, leading the team to win a tournament and enter the state championships for the first time in the school's history.
	www.musicomh.com /films/coach-carter.htm (732 words)

	Coach Carter
		Coach Carter has a great message missing from most other genre movies - while students may be good at sports now, achievement and academics will determine their future.
		Coach Carter succeeds primarily because of its star, Samuel L. Jackson (The Incredibles, Kill Bill Vol.
		At some points, Carter is close to tears because he feels he has failed his students.
	www.haro-online.com /movies/coach_carter.html (610 words)

	The Real Coach Carter - ComingSoon.net
		In 1999, Coach Ken Carter made the national news, when he locked his own team out of the gym forcing them to forfeit two games and break their winning streak, much to the ire of the parents and community.
		Carter used his experience to become an author and a motivational speaker, releasing a line of videos that are available at his website, CoachCarter.com, although his priority is still coaching high school basketball.
		The feature film based on Coach Carter's story was released earlier this year, and the real Coach Carter is often the first to praise Samuel L. Jackson's amazing performance in the film, as well as to vouch for the truths behind the drama.
	comingsoon.net /news/topnews.php?id=10089 (1822 words)

	Gamerz-Edge Coach Carter Review (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Coach Carter though takes a slightly different approach to a typical rise from the ashes type of story and that’s really what makes this film good.
		Carter fights to keep the school and the community off his back while trying to maintain his extreme methods of teaching.
		Coach Carter approaches that level at the end of the movie, just a numbing feeling of neither sadness nor gratification, that’s the only flaw I see in the film.
	www.gamerz-edge.com /dvd/reviews/coachcarter.html (707 words)

	Coach Carter
		“Coach Carter” is a moralistic movie in the spirit of an after-school special, falling somewhere between inspirational sermon and cautionary tale.
		It’s difficult to explain the way “Coach Carter” affected me. I was reminded of talks with grandparents, when I sighed and rolled my eyes as they attempted to impart some lesson they’ve learned in their lives.
		Doing his best Al Pacino impression, in a performance that exudes confidence, Carter barks orders at the boys, rebuffs each of their unprofessional or rude outbursts with physical penalties (500 pushups, for example), and willingly cuts the team’s lead scorer to prove that he is the man in charge.
	movies.zertinet.com /2005/coachcarter.htm (653 words)

	TheMovieBoy Review - Coach Carter (2005)
		Trailing behind two recent pictures about determined coaches and their underdog teams, 2004's hockey-set "Miracle" and 2004's football-centered "Friday Night Lights," the urban basketball drama "Coach Carter" is stirringly similar but not nearly as satisfying.
		Coach Carter immediately exhibits himself to his players as someone quite unlike the coaches they are used to, handing out exhaustive exercising punishments for misbehavior and putting a real interest in their educative pursuits when no one else does in their lower-class neighborhood.
		An uproar over Carter's decision by the faculty and parents threaten his position at the school, even as the players begin to realize they are capable of doing much more with their lives than they originally thought.
	www.themovieboy.com /reviews/c/05_coachcarter.htm (596 words)

	Coach Carter Movie Review at Hollywood Video
		Taking over for the retiring coach, Carter turns basketball practice into boot camp for the players, who must sign contracts promising to maintain a certain GPA to remain on the team.
		Whatever its shortcomings, Coach Carter is still a fine showcase for this magnetic actor, who hasn't had a role this good since the underrated Changing Lanes.
		Carter himself provides further details about his coaching experiences at Richmond High, where his son Damien eventually broke all of his basketball records.
	www.hollywoodvideo.com /movies/movie.aspx?MID=139605 (1562 words)

	Reveal Review: Coach Carter
		Carter knew that the odds of his players making it into the NBA were staggeringly slim, and he also knew that, in the town in which he lived and coached, boys were more likely to go to prison than to college.
		Coach Carter, the heroic mentor is given cinematic life by a suitably powerful and regal actor, the great Samuel L. Jackson.
		Coach Carter crew seems content to settle for mediocrity by giving us lackluster, workmanlike storytelling, hardly a fitting tribute to the great man for whom the film is named.
	www.revealarts.com /film/2005/coachcarter.htm (584 words)

	Coach Carter
		Coach Carter's team was doing great on the basketball court, starting off the season on a huge win streak.
		Once Carter received progress reports from the teachers (he had to twist arms to do it), the bad news was several of his players were failing classes.
		Carter locked the gym, closed practice, and said all games would be forfeited until the conditions of the contracts were met.
	www.themoviemark.com /moviereviews/coachcarter.asp (1256 words)

	MovieFreak.com - "Coach Carter" DVD Review
		In comes Coach Carter, played by the always fantastic Samuel L. Jackson, to save the day and make this team of complete losers into a team of winners.
		The real Coach Carter is a great man but the movie about his greatest triumph is not great at all.
		Coach Carter is presented in a very nice anamorphic widescreen transfer.
	www.moviefreak.com /dvd/c/coachcarter.htm (440 words)

	Coach Carter
		Coach Carter is precisely what it appears: One part Lean on Me, one part Hoosiers, a dash of Dead Poets Society, a smidgen of Dangerous Minds, and about a gallon and a half of hokum.
		Carter — like his real life counterpart — insists that his player sign a contract to play for the team, a contract that requires, among other things, that the students maintain a 2.3 GPA, high enough to qualify for college admission.
		Coach Carter is like that cloying, overly earnest high school girlfriend that tends to try too hard — she’s irritating as hell, but, in the end, it’s difficult not to like her.
	www.pajiba.com /coach-carter.htm (482 words)

	COACH CARTER
		There is absolutely none of that in “Coach Carter.” Many of the characters could, in part, blame their troubles on society.
		Thus, Samuel L. Jackson, who portrays Carter, requires each player to have a 2.3 GPA and sit in front of each of their classes to play, even though the state requires just a 2.0 GPA for eligibility.
		In the movie, Carter teaches his players that every personal act has a consequence by reprimanding poor behavior, poor manners and lateness with an extreme number of push-ups and suicides.
	homepages.udayton.edu /~coatepae/coach_carter.htm (733 words)

	Coach Carter
		Carterâs son, Damien, attends the top school in the region, and is an excellent student and emerging basketball player.
		Coach Carter is a telling case study of how a powerful, positive story gets sullied for the sake of ârelevanceâ to an MTV culture.
		Coach Carter (just like Friday Night Lights) does serve as a cautionary tale, and it has the capacity to inspire both adults and students to strive for loftier ideals than just merely surviving.
	www.pluggedinonline.com /movies/movies/a0002022.cfm (1594 words)

	Coach Carter (2005) - A Hollywood Jesus Movie Review (Site not responding. Last check: )
		But when the coach learns that some members of his team are cutting class and failing academically, he locks them out of the gym, incurring the wrath of the players, the school, and the community.
		Coach Carter's determination to adhere to his convictions puts his philosophy and his players' trust to the ultimate test.
		Inspired by a true story, “Coach Carter” is an inspirational account of controversial high school basketball coach Ken Carter (Samuel L. Jackson), who received both high praise and staunch criticism when he made national news for benching his entire undefeated team for poor academic performance.
	www.hollywoodjesus.com /coach_carter.htm (843 words)

	Coach Carter Movie Review
		Coach Carter (Samuel L. Jackson) benched his undefeated Richmond Oilers in 1999 because the team failed to meet academic requirements he established at the start of the season.
		Hollywood’s efforts to relay Carter’s story are noble but contrived, bowing to meet clichéd storytelling requirements that ultimately prevent Coach Carter from joining Hoosiers and Teen Wolf in the upper echelons of basketball pictures.
		Carter knows he has to push these young men toward self-improvement, but push them too hard and their futures potentially suffer.
	www.contactmusic.com /new/film.nsf/reviews/coachcarter (635 words)

	"Coach Carter" (2005) / a review and/or comments from Christian Spotlight on the Movies
		Coach Carter’s insistence that his players be respectful to one another, have a good work ethic on the court, and maintain good grades is inspirational.
		Coach Carter, though a man of tremendous character, didn’t give any indication of having a relationship with Christ or encouraging his players to think or value anything involving eternal rewards.
		Coach Carter was a type of Christ, he dealt with the cause of failure, the sin of having a lack of knowledge and setting for the low road; He also set standards for himself and was a role model for them.
	www.christiananswers.net /spotlight/movies/2005/coachcarter2005.html (2738 words)

	Coach Carter film review
		What prevents Coach Carter from being dismissed as a mere case of déjà vu, is the strong performance of Samuel Jackson in the title role.
		Carter's unorthodox methods begin when he first returns to the rough California school of which he was once the star player.
		Carter's ruthless methods not only bring him into conflict with the players and their parents, but also the school's principal (Denise Dowse), culminating in a showdown when he locks the gym and cancels games until the players' grades improve.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /entertainment/film/reviews/coach_carter.html (522 words)

	SCREEN IT! PARENTAL REVIEW: COACH CARTER
		Yet, when Coach Carter learns that various team members are not abiding by the stipulations in their contracts, he locks the gym, cancels the games and refuses to allow the team to play or even practice until they get their act together.
		Coach Carter admits stealing from a church in his youth (to go along with the wild girl he liked).
		The players ask Coach Carter about a former girlfriend of his and wonder if she was "hot." The comment is then made that she was steaming hot (while licking a finger and then making a sizzle sound after touching something).
	www.screenit.com /movies/2005/coach_carter.html (2385 words)

	Blockbuster Online - Coach Carter
		Ken Carter (Samuel L. Jackson) was once a star player on the Richmond High School basketball team in Richmond, CA, and years later, after establishing himself in publishing and marketing, he returns to the school and to the team as the new basketball coach.
		Carter's plan quickly becomes a subject of controversy among parents and team boosters, and their objections are soon picked up by the local news media, many of whom are not sympathetic to Carter's belief that his players must have goals beyond college ball or the NBA.
		Coach Carter also features Rob Brown and Rick Gonzalez as members of the team, and R&B diva Ashanti in her film debut as the girlfriend of one of Carter's players.
	www.blockbuster.com /catalog/movieDetails/245062 (359 words)

	Variety.com - Reviews - Coach Carter
		Embracing the story of a tough high school basketball coach who pushes young men to their limits, "Coach Carter" is both an inspirational sports movie and an unexpected multi-level urban drama that plays by its own clock.
		Carter's at first hesitant to take over the hoops spot at his alma mater, given that the Richmond Oilers stink on the court and fight when off of it.
		Mouthing off is punished with calisthenics, the coach is always addressed as "sir," and, most crucially, each team member must sign a contract to maintain a minimum grade average, attend all classes, sit in the front row, and wear a coat and tie on game day.
	www.variety.com /review/VE1117925848?categoryid=31 (754 words)

	Coach Carter (2005): Reviews
		Inspired by a true-life story, Coach Carter is an inspirational account of a controversial high school basketball coach, who received both high praise and staunch criticism when he made national news in 1999 for benching his entire undefeated basketball team for poor academic performance.
		Coach Carter eventually curdles into a grim love letter to discipline and accountability, which makes it the perfect sports film for W.'s second term, but not a whole lot of fun.
		I truly felt coach carter was genuine and had a great love for helping our children have a better understanding of the importance to do well in school.
	www.metacritic.com /film/titles/coachcarter (1555 words)

	calendarlive.com: MOVIE REVIEW - 'Coach Carter'
		After an early run-in with the coach, for instance, Cruz begs to be reinstated on the team, and Carter assigns him a near-impossible calisthenics load.
		As a movie, "Coach Carter" is not unlike your basic commencement ceremony: unassailable in its intentions, edifying in its speeches, reassuring in its outcome and terrifically long-winded.
		Had "Coach Carter" been set at the kind of institution where boys wear crested blue blazers, the movie probably would have spelled redemption Y-E-A-T-S, and trumpeted as its gentle lesson the importance of stopping to smell the humanities once in a while.
	www.calendarlive.com /movies/chocano/cl-et-carter14jan14,0,1660313.story?coll=cl-chocano (917 words)

	Coach Carter (2005)
		The volatile Cruz (Rick Gonzalez) initially holds a grudge against Carter, but as he sees a life of drug dealing before him, he decides to return to the team and prove his worth to the coach.
		Carter goes to the team, dictates his terms, then repeats them ad nauseam as the film progresses.
		Coach Carter appears in an aspect ratio of approximately 2.35:1 on this single-sided, double-layered DVD; the image has been enhanced for 16X9 televisions.
	www.dvdmg.com /coachcarter.shtml (2096 words)

	Coach Carter (2004): Samuel L. Jackson, Rob Brown, Rick Gonzales, Vincent Laresca - PopMatters Film Review
		At first, no surprise, Carter's up against the old guard thinking: a couple of (very tall) team members quit, the others aren't immediately convinced that he's serious when he demands they do 500 push-ups at a time or run 1000 suicides (those runs up and down the gym, sneakers squeaking on every turn).
		Carter's one, quite brief problem, has to do with his son Damien (Robert Ri'chard), whom he believes is safely ensconced at the winningest high school in the area.
		Coach Carter includes the obligatory melodrama too: when Coach kicks Junior Battle (Nana Gbewonyo) off the team for not going to class, the kid's mom pleads for a second chance ("I want him to play for you," she says, big eyes irresistible).
	popmatters.com /film/reviews/c/coach-carter.shtml (795 words)

	Coach Carter Info, Trailers, and Reviews at MovieTome
		Coach Carter (Samuel L. Jackson) plays the controversial high school basketball coach who benched his undefeated team due to their collective poor academic record in 1999.
		Coach Carter wanted to help these kids and that is what he does when he gave them that contract and the best thing of it all is that they wanted it as...
		Coach Carter wanted to help these kids and that is what he does when he gave them that contract and the best thing of it all is that they wanted it as well..
	www.movietome.com /movie/323789/coach-carter/index.html (873 words)

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