Movie · Drama · Sports

Based on an incredible true story, Coach Carter is the inspirational account of controversial basketball coach Ken Carter (Academy Award nominee Samuel L. Jackson), who received both high praise and staunch criticism when he made national news for a gymnasium "lockout" of his entire undefeated team for poor academic performance. With the players, the parents, and the community rallying to get the team back on the court, Carter must overcome the obstacles of his environment and show the young men a future that stretches beyond gangs, drugs, prison and even basketball.

2005 · 2h 16m
Director Thomas Carter

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Coach Carter

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Based on an incredible true story, Coach Carter is the inspirational account of controversial basketball coach Ken Carter (Academy Award nominee Samuel L. Jackson), who received both high praise and staunch criticism when he made national news for a gymnasium "lockout" of his entire undefeated team for poor academic performance. With the players, the parents, and the community rallying to get the team back on the court, Carter must overcome the obstacles of his environment and show the young men a future that stretches beyond gangs, drugs, prison and even basketball.

COMMON SENSE

Engaging film with a terrific message.

TOMATOMETER
Average 6.2
Reviews 146
Fresh 92
Rotten 54

Information

Studio
Paramount Pictures
Released
2005
Run Time
2 hr 16 min
Rated
PG-13 for violence, sexual content, language, teen partying and some drug material.
Region of Origin
United States
© 2004 Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved.

Languages

Original Audio
English
Audio

English (United States) (AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩), French (AAC)

Subtitles

English (CC), Arabic , Bulgarian , Chinese, Traditional , Czech , Danish (Denmark) , Dutch , Finnish (Finland) , French , Hebrew , Korean , Norwegian (Norway) , Polish (Poland) , Portuguese (Brazil) , Slovenian (Slovenia) , Spanish (Latin America) , Turkish (Türkiye)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.