McFarland USA succeeds because its white characters own up to their privilege This moment demands more than headlines In a time of noise, confusion, and spin, we’re committed to clarity, truth ...

‘McFarland, USA’: What the Critics Are Saying. Based on a true story, the Disney film has Kevin Costner leading a group of unlikely high school runners to a championship-level cross-country ...

All I see are flaws and inaccuracies. While people around me cheered during a screening of "McFarland, USA,'' I wanted to scream at the screen: "It's a cross country race, not a 50-meter dash ...

The stirring true story of how a scrappy Latino high-school running team beat the odds is treated as a Kevin Costner vehicle first and foremost in “McFarland, USA,” a cross-cultural cross ...

"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 Valley ...

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 ...

Like any cross-country race, “McFarland, USA,” starring Kevin Costner as the real-life coach who turned the sons of a small California farming town into unlikely State champions in the ’80s ...

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.

Associated Press – "McFarland, USA" could so easily have been yet another mushy, feel-good, by-the-numbers sports underdog movie. And in beginning, it seems like it's heading there. But soon ...

The stirring true story of how a scrappy Latino high-school running team beat the odds is treated as a Kevin Costner vehicle first and foremost in "McFarland, USA," a cross-cultural cross-country ...

New Zealand director Niki Caro, who gave us the marvelous "Whale Rider" in 2002 and the inspiring "North Country" in 2005, directs "McFarland, USA" from a place of empathy.

The stirring true story of how a scrappy Latino high-school running team beat the odds is treated as a Kevin Costner vehicle first and foremost in “McFarland, USA,” a cross-cultural cross ...