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*1/2

Reviewed by: David Haviland

Radio is the inspiring rags to riches tale of the young Terry Wogan.

Just kidding. It's actually a sweet period fable about a mentally handicapped black man who is gradually integrated into a Southern town through the local football team.

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Cuba Gooding Jnr. takes the Oscar-bait role, pitching it somewhere between Raymond Babbitt and Forrest Gump, although all he got for his trouble was a Razzie nomination.

Ed Harris is the only performer to emerge with any real credit, in what is a well-intentioned but poorly-plotted melodrama that flags up every twist, and skirts around the central issues of racism and disability

Reviewed on: 14 May 2004
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True life story of a mentally disabled man who is helped by a high school football coach
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Director: Michael Tollin

Writer: Mike Rich, based on the magazine article by Gary Smith

Starring: Cuba Gooding Jr, Ed Harris, Alfre Woodard, S Epatha Merkerson, Brent Sexton, Chris Mulkey, Debra Winger

Year: 2003

Runtime: 109 minutes

BBFC: PG - Parental Guidance

Country: US

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