The Mighty Macs
Ocean Avenue Entertainment | Release Date: October 21, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
49
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 19 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
10
Negative:
2
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New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierOct 21, 2011
Carla Gugino has yet to find the right movie that clicks with her spunky outsider appeal, but The Mighty Macs, a gauzy, inspiring true-life drama about a girls' basketball team, at least gets her close and provides a lot of assists. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttOct 22, 2011
The movie does say a lot about female athletes and the changing role of women in American society, but in aggressively pursuing the formula, writer-director-producer Tim Chambers is prone to exaggeration and a moralizing tone. Read full review
50
New York PostKyle SmithOct 21, 2011
Everything plays out exactly as you'd expect in a cheerful, well-meaning movie in the style of something made for the Disney channel. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleOct 20, 2011
Mighty Macs further distinguishes itself by, for once, giving a fair shake to nuns, who are treated with respect both in the performance of Ellen Burstyn, as the mother superior, and of Marley Shelton, who plays the assistant coach. It's about time. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeTy BurrOct 20, 2011
The Mighty Macs sticks so closely to the underdog-sports-movie playbook that it's practically generic. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertOct 19, 2011
There is nothing to complain about except the film's deadening predictability and the bland, shallow characters. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenOct 19, 2011
Carla Gugino, however, energizes the film with every step of her self-assured stride. She genuinely manages to create a dimensional character who is fulsomely inspirational – and as I said at the outset, that's not too shabby an accomplishment when it comes to the world of women and sports movies. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsOct 19, 2011
There must have been a reason why the real-life Rush could do so much with seemingly so little, but The Mighty Macs never captures it. It lets canned inspiration provide the uplift, instead of something more tangible. Read full review
40
Village VoiceMelissa AndersonOct 18, 2011
Appears to have been made on a budget equivalent to the cost of a WNBA fleece hoodie. But even at that price, the first feature by Tim Chambers is profligate with sports-movie clichés. Read full review
40
Time OutNick SchagerOct 18, 2011
It's a saga whose clichéd corniness would be practically sinful if not for the mighty Gugino, who almost counteracts the material's pap with megawatt charm and steel-tough resolve - exemplified by a low-angled intro shot of the poised, strutting, tight-sweater-sexy actress. Read full review
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