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The Winning Season
Directed by
Jim Strouse
PG-13
2009
1h 43m
Comedy
,
Drama
,
and more
6.6
52%
54%
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A comedy centered on a has-been coach who is given a shot at redemption when he's asked to run his local high school's girls basketball team.
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Cast of The Winning Season
Sam Rockwell
Bill
Emma Roberts
Abby
Rob Corddry
Terry
Emily Rios
Kathy
Rooney Mara
Wendy
Jessica Hecht
Stacey
Connor Paolo
Damon
Meaghan Witri
Tamra
Melanie Hinkle
Mindy
Shareeka Epps
Lisa
Margo Martindale
Donna
Stacey Maltin
Middling Shooting Guard
Devin Ratray
Security Guard
Vanessa Gordillo
Flor
Shana Dowdeswell
Molly
Colby Minifie
Teen Girl
Caitlin Colford
Trish
Rod Brogan
Rick
Kevin Breznahan
Joel
Marceline Hugot
Dr. Parsons
Jim Strouse
Director / Writer
Gia Walsh
Producer
Celine Rattray
Producer
Kara Baker
Producer
Galt Niederhoffer
Producer
Daniela Taplin Lundberg
Producer
The Winning Season Ratings & Reviews
decency57
April 19, 2025
The movie onky plays the background sound, the movie audio is faulty.
Deep Focus Review
Brian Eggert
Here's a movie that employs all your standard, overused sports movie formulas-everything from the obligatory training montage to rousing Big Game suspense-and makes it work with strong writing and fine performances.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
Mediocre, predictable underdog sports film.
BrianOrndorf.com
Brian Orndorf
Doesn't win points for originality, but the film keeps to a steady rhythm of entertainment, delivering a few laughs and tears along the way on DVD before it settles into its rightful home on basic cable.
ColeSmithey.com
Cole Smithey
Sam Rockwell's never-ending ability to create intriguing characters proves essential to writer/director James C. Strouse, whose formulaic tale of redemption for a washed up basketball coach would otherwise be instantly forgettable.
Common Sense Media
Sandie Angulo Chen
Quirky indie sports flick is surprisingly serious, moving.
New York Times
Stephen Holden
In its final lap The Winning Season collapses into a sentimental farce that even Mr. Rockwell, now playing the clown, cannot redeem from cringe-inducing hokum.
cinemaobsession.com
Jeff Otto
"The Winning Season" teeters hither and thither on its tonal seesaw, never quite sure where its going and often forgetful of where it's been.
Boxoffice Magazine
Mark Keizer
Rockwell charms us into giving the film the benefit of our many doubts.
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Rockwell does a typically fine job -- he's funny, touching and appalling -- as an alcoholic mess of a former high school basketball coach who's been reduced to washing dishes in a restaurant.
Los Angeles Times
Sheri Linden
The story deepens through the clownish, heartbreaking exertions of Rockwell's gruff misfit, still working things out at the final buzzer.
Metromix.com
Geoff Berkshire
A shaggy underdog worth seeking out, primarily for [Sam] Rockwell's sensational performance.
The Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt
A predictable and cliched dramady.
Spirituality & Practice
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
A mildly entertaining sports flick about a girl's basketball team and a chauvinistic coach who knows a lot about the game.
Village Voice
Melissa Anderson
The Winning Season respects its misfits (and its audience) by not stripping away their foibles in the service of sports-movie clichés.
CinemaBlend
Katey Rich
Aims for both the heatstring-tugging power of sports classics like Hoosiers and the kind of gritty indie drama you might normally see Rockwell in, but falls well short of both.
CinemaBlend
Joshua Tyler
A film that feels fresh and insightful in a generally pretty played out genre.
Slant Magazine
Nick Schager
Considering its status as merely a puddle of regurgitated elements, The Winning Season is, to be as coarse as its protagonist, the cinematic equivalent of vomit.
Hollywood & Fine
Marshall Fine
A welcome surprise...Rockwell gives a performance that's always funny, never sentimental...this one is worth finding.
Eye for Film
Amber Wilkinson
As the film progresses, its identity crisis becomes increasingly evident as standard indie tropes are interrupted by cackhanded attempts at comedy of the broadest type.
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