The Winning Season is an American sports film directed and written by James S. Straus. The world premiere took place at the Sundance Film Festival in 2009. In cinemas, the film was released in limited edition on September 3, 2010. The rights to distribute the film in the United States and Great Britain were purchased by Lionsgate [1] .
| Victory Season | |
|---|---|
| The winning season | |
 | |
| Genre | Comedy , Sports |
| Producer | James S. Strause |
| Producer | Kara Baker Galt Niederhoffer Celine Rattray |
| Author script | James S. Strause |
| In the main cast | Sam Rockwell Emma Roberts Rooney Mara Rob Cordry |
| Operator | Frank J. Demarco |
| Composer | Ed shirmer |
| Film company | Gigi productions Plum pictures Sneaky pete productions |
| Duration | 104 min |
| A country |  USA |
| Language | English |
| Year | 2009 |
| IMDb | |
Content
- 1 plot
- 2 Cast
- 3 Criticism
- 4 notes
- 5 Links
Story
In the distant past, Bill had high hopes in the field of sports, now he is divorced, works in a diner and is not averse to drinking even at work. An old friend and part-time director of a local school offers Bill to take the post of coach of the women's basketball team. However, six unprepared teenage girls are little like a close-knit team. Bill will have to make real sportsmen out of wards and lead them to the victory season.
Cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Sam Rockwell | Bill |
| Ball epps | Lisa Robinson |
| Emily Rios | Katie Reis |
| Rooney Mara | Wendy Webber |
| Emma Roberts | Abby Miller |
| Megan Vitry | Tamra |
| Melanie Hinckle | Mindy |
| Margot Martindale | Donna |
| Rob Cordry | Terry |
| Shena Dowdeswell | Molly |
| Caitlin Colford | Trish |
| Connor Paolo | Damon |
Criticism
The film received mixed reviews from film critics. On the Rotten Tomatoes website , the film is rated 52% based on 21 reviews with an average rating of 5.1 out of 10 [2] . On the Metacritic website , the film has a rating of 53 out of 100 based on 8 reviews from critics, which corresponds to the status of “mixed or average reviews” [3] .
Notes
- ↑ Steven Zeitchik, Jay A. Fernandez . 'Winning Season' for Lionsgate , The Hollywood Reporter (1/20/2009). Date of treatment December 3, 2017.
- ↑ The Winning Season . Rotten Tomatoes. Date of treatment December 3, 2017.
- ↑ The Winning Season . Metacritic. Date of treatment December 3, 2017.
Links
- Reviews
- Josh Tyler. Sundance Review: The Winning Season . CinemaBlend (January 25,2009). Date of treatment June 7, 2015.
- Stephen Holden. Redemption as a Team Sport . The New York Times (September 2,2010). Date of treatment June 7, 2015.