Disney's live-action "McFarland, USA" is an inspirational sports drama ... that her audience be invested in a sport beforehand for a movie about that sport to work. What's more import is that ...

McFarland, USA director Niki Caro discusses the movie, the challenges of making her first sports movie, working with Kevin Costner and more. McFarland, USA opens Friday. SI: Given your body of ...

A feel-good movie that earns all those good feelings, “McFarland, USA” might be running on a predetermined track, but the heart it shows along the journey is what makes it a winner.

“McFarland, USA” is a classic “only-in-America tale” based on a true story. A football coach with prior anger management issues has taken the only job open to him, in a California Central ...

I knew a movie involving one of the biggest disappointments in my youth might be made someday. Still, my heart began to sink when a screening of “McFarland, USA” rolled around to its climax.

Even good stories are never quite like a movie, and to its credit “McFarland, USA” doesn’t try hard to be like a movie. It tries to be something like life.

Genaro Molina Los Angeles Times file The first time I saw the trailer for the new movie “McFarland, USA,” I couldn’t help thinking that was my story once – the coach, his high school ...

Kevin Costner returns to the sports movie genre in this inspirational story of an underdog cross country team. By Stephen Farber McFarland USA Still - H 2015 At first glance some might object to ...

And while the wholesome "McFarland, USA" isn't without its predictabilities ... her audience be invested in a sport beforehand for a movie about that sport to work. What's more import is ...

In Disney’s predictable but heartwarming underdog sports genre movie “McFarland, USA” all the buttons are pushed. There’s family drama, a community coming together, multicultural and ...

Look, if you liked “The Blind Side,” you’ll probably enjoy “McFarland, USA,” Costner’s latest stab at a populist sports movie — a genre he has carried and owned throughout his 30 ...