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McFarland, USA 2015 123movies

McFarland, USA 2015 123movies

Champions can come from anywhere.Feb. 20, 2015128 Min.
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Watch: McFarland, USA 2015 123movies, Full Movie Online – A struggling coach and teacher who has had to move around for different incidents in his career finally comes to one of the poorest cities in America: McFarland, California. There he discovers buried potential in several high school boys and slowly turns them into championship runners and brings them closer than even he could ever imagine..
Plot: A track coach in a small California town transforms a team of athletes into championship contenders.
Smart Tags: #coach #hispanic #state_championship #cross_country_running #running #athlete #school_bus #birthday #orchard #competition #enchilada #bilingual #ocean #football_team #speaking_spanish #palo_alto_california #quinceanera #friendship #overcoming_the_obstacles #school #student


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7.4/10 Votes: 39,374
80% | RottenTomatoes
60/100 | MetaCritic
N/A Votes: 638 Popularity: 16.971 | TMDB

Reviews:


> It’s just a matter of when, one to find his place to fit in.

Nothing wrong to call it an another version of ‘Spare Parts’, but it dealt with a different subject. It is a biographical-sport film, about a running race team involving seven high school students from one of the poorest towns in America, McFarland. But the tale begins with the coach Jim White, who finally arrives with his family there after got fired frequently in the other cities. Not intended to stay for a long period, but he has no other choice. He finds hard to fit in the society and get along with his students, but he manages to get going when he forms a team for the upcoming cross-country running race. So their journey puts the small town on the map.

A very inspiring film, not just sports personalities, but anyone who wants to achieve in life should see it. So a must see film for the students and the youngsters. It is not just about the sport, but culture and society. The first act was an introduction, where and how everyone comes together was revealed. Followed by the middle part focused more on the game. Getting prepared for it and facing other troubles that stands obstacle to it. And finally in the third act, it kind of loses what originally intended as a theme, but brings the social matter into it before getting back to where it belongs to curtain.

There was lots of modification in the cinema version compared to the original story. Characters, locations, events, all were kind of randomised from the actuality to the different timelines just to tell a good story. After all, this is a Disney film and Disney always seeks a decent family theme, yet it still remains true to the real. From the New Zealand director of ‘Whale Rider’ fame, another brilliant film. Apart from the super Kevin Costner and his family, the rest of the cast was so perfect. One of the best sport-dramas of the year and Disney done it again. You no need to analyse it to choose, just go for it and it won’t disappoint you.

8/10

Review By: Reno

Well made, well acted. Hearty viewing.

‘McFarland, USA’ sees Disney do a true story sports drama for what feels like the billionth time, but there’s no disputing they sure do know how to create a wholesome and meaningful film for the genre; despite the clichés and predictability. This is no different, it’s very good.

Kevin Costner leads astutely as Jim White, while Carlos Pratts is the pick of the bunch when it comes to the younger guys. All of the latter, who play a group of runners that White coaches, are well cast in truth. I felt a connection to the story, thanks to the writing but also to them.

It does turn into a very pleasant and enjoyable 128 minutes, it’s also quite unique to see a sports film about cross-country running as opposed to the usual basketball, American football etc. Score/cinematography wise, it’s good.

Definitely watch this if you get the opportunity.

Review By: r96sk
You can’t go wrong when you put Kevin Costner in a sports movie. Inspiring and inspirational. A definite must see!!
“These are good kids, smart kids. They just need a chance at a better future.” Jim White (Costner) is a football coach at a prestigious high school. After a halftime outburst he is fired and takes a job in McFarland high as an assistant football coach. When a disagreement strips him of that position as well he isn’t sure what to do next. When he sees one of the students running he decides it’s time for the school to have a cross country team. Fighting with the runners, parents and school he does his best to transform the students, the school and the community. In terms of movies there is really one sure bet. If you put Kevin Costner in a sports movie it’s gonna be good. Even with those high expectations this did not disappoint. The movie is tremendously inspiring. While watching there is a way you want it to end, and you are right there training and running with them hoping for the outcome you desire. The only bad I can say about it is that I liked his other ones better, but only because I like football and baseball more than running. That in no way diminishes the greatness of this movie though. Overall, Costner proves again why he is THE choice for sports movie actors. I give this an A.
Review By: cosmo_tiger
An Instant Underdog Sports Classic Made in Disney’s Provocative Style
McFarland, USA is a city in California that to this day has a sizable Hispanic population, many of whom work as migrant farm workers picking crops. “McFarland” is a film that tells the story of Coach White, a passionate coach who gets fired from his football coaching gig at a wealthy high school when he escalates a fight between him and his players to violence. The wealthy high school football players seemed more concerned about the after party than the game. Athletics for these players is a prestige thing that has nothing to do with sportsmanship. After a series of disrespectful actions, Coach White snaps and subsequently gets fired. But as Coach White reflects later to another coach when he arrives at his new school, “It’s not the fight in the dog coach, it’s the dog in the fight…depends on the size of the dog…”.

Coach White moves to Cliff Avenue in a Hispanic neighborhood with his wife and two daughters. When he first arrives in the new neighborhood, one of his daughters questions if the family had ended up in Mexico. The Whites struggle at first to fit into their new neighborhood. Meanwhile, the high school students in the small Hispanic town of McFarland have their own struggle. Most of the students at MacFarland have jobs. Athletics isn’t even an option for many of them because they come from the fields to go to school and run back to the fields when class gets outs. Many become adults in those very fields. Unless a prison gets to them first. It is a hard life which stands in stark contrast to the lives of Coach White’s previous students. He begins to see the athletic potential in his hardworking students and questions the temporary nature of his transitory job as coach at MacFarland.

In the classic Disney fashion, Coach White’s new community welcomes him. His neighbor even plants him a tree and tells him, “in five years senor you’re going to have some nice shade”. The simple transitions in the film show the migrant worker’s lives with Hispanic music in the background. The scenes are poetic. But the most beautiful part of the film is the raw determination of the high school students trying to compete in a sport and environment that sets them up for failure. A boy named Thomas Valles becomes a de facto leader of the team after Coach White catches the high school student running at 12 miles an hour. This same boy shows up to practice with bruises because he gets his dad to punch him instead of a wall since as a migrant worker his father needs his hands to work. It isn’t until coach White works a whole day as a migrant worker himself, picking crops getting paid by the field instead of by the hour that he begins to understand the plight of his athletes.

In the spirit of Stand and Deliver Coach White understands that he needs to go beyond his position as coach for these students. He begins to treat them like his own. During one scene, he rushes to a park without enough money for the entrance fee and tells the officer, “I’ve got five dollars and seven kids who have never seen the ocean”. He brings his students to the beach.

Eventually, McFarland becomes more than a temporary home for Coach White and his family. It becomes their community, one which adopts them as warmly as they adopted it. The family moments such as the father’s speech at his daughters quinceañera will tug at your heartstrings. Coach White disproves Thomas Valles’ initial belief that, “Nobody stays in McFarland unless they have to. Because there is nothing American dream about this place”. This film is based off a true story and Coach White ended up at McFarland coaching at the town’s high school long after better prospects opened up for him. By the end, Coach White recognizes that these kids at McFarland cherish cross country and athletics, something he admits is a privilege many take for granted.

Review By: svikasha

Other Information:

Original Title McFarland, USA
Release Date 2015-02-20
Release Year 2015

Original Language en
Runtime 2 hr 9 min (129 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 45710059
Status Released
Rated PG
Genre Biography, Drama, Sport
Director Niki Caro
Writer Christopher Cleveland, Bettina Gilois, Grant Thompson
Actors Kevin Costner, Maria Bello, Ramiro Rodriguez
Country United States
Awards 4 wins & 3 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A


Technical Information:

Sound Mix Datasat, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera Arricam LT, Zeiss Master Prime and Angenieux Optimo Lenses
Laboratory EFILM Digital Laboratories, Hollywood (CA), USA (digital intermediate), FotoKem Laboratory, Burbank (CA), USA (prints)
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm (Kodak Vision3 50D 5203, Vision3 500T 5219)
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format), Super 35 (3-perf) (source format)
Printed Film Format 35 mm (anamorphic) (Kodak Vision 2383), D-Cinema

McFarland, USA 2015 123movies
McFarland, USA 2015 123movies
McFarland, USA 2015 123movies
McFarland, USA 2015 123movies
McFarland, USA 2015 123movies
McFarland, USA 2015 123movies
McFarland, USA 2015 123movies
McFarland, USA 2015 123movies
McFarland, USA 2015 123movies
McFarland, USA 2015 123movies
Original title McFarland, USA
TMDb Rating 7.406 638 votes

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