The read
Audiences rate it 17 points higher than critics do. Most of the 7,028 2010s drama movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
In 1971, Cathy Rush becomes the head basketball coach at a tiny, all-girls Catholic college. Though her team has no gym and no uniforms — and the school itself is in danger of being sold — Rush looks to steer her girls to their first national championship.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes44%
Metacritic49/100
Audiences rate it 17 points higher than critics do.
44 audience votes
Key crew
- Tim ChambersDirector
- Tim ChambersWriter
- Anthony GarganoWriter
- William RossOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Carla GuginoCathy Rush
- Marley SheltonSister Sunday
- Ellen BurstynMother St. John
- David BoreanazEd Rush
- Katie HayekTrish Sharkey
- Kim BlairLizanne Caufield
- Meghan SabiaJen Galentino
- Margaret Anne FlorenceRosemary Keenan
- Kate NowlinColleen McCann
- Taylor SteelMimi Malone
- Bianca BrunsonGayle Moore
- Malachy McCourtMonsignor
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Themes
philadelphia, pennsylvaniasports1970sbased on true storybasketballcoachcatholicmother superiorcatholic schoolconvent schoolcollege sportsstudent athlete