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Mood:
- EmotionalFeel GoodSentimentalTouchingUplifting
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Plot:
- Mentally ChallengedUnderdogHuman SpiritDisabilityAmbitionHopesLove and RomanceMind and Soul more...
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Genres:
- DramaSportMelodrama
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century60s70s
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Place:
- Small Town
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Praise:
- Award Winner
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Based on:
- Based on ArticleBased on True Story
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
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Radio, 2003
English
USA
Profile of Radio
The mood of Radio is uplifting, emotional, and sentimental. The plot centers around a mentally challenged character, disabilities, and underdogs. It is a drama and sports movie. Stylistically, Radio is a melodrama. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It takes place, at least partly, in a small town. Radio happens in the 1960s. It is inspired by an article and originally a true story. The movie is known for being an award winner.
Summary of Radio
Set in South Carolina and spanning almost 40 years time beginning in the 1960s, Radio is the moving story of the friendship between a mentally disabled man (played by Cuba Gooding Jr. in adulthood) and the high school football coach (Ed Harris) who gives him guidance, hope, and confidence. Growing up in the all-American small town of Anderson, South Carolina, "Radio" is a social outcast who lives a lonely, childish existence. He's obsessed with his transistor radio and wanders the streets with a shopping cart full of collected junk. Because of his mental disability, Radio is misunderstood by the local townspeople and is often the victim of mean-spirited pranks. After the local high school football team plays a particularly cruel prank on the naive young man, the team coach decides to mentor Radio. Coach Jones staunchly supports Radio and their bond becomes unbreakable. A devoted football fan, Radio blossoms under the unwavering encouragement of the Coach and becomes the team's unofficial mascot and cheerleader. Ultimately the town is united by Radio's innocence and basic human goodness in this warmhearted drama inspired by a true story.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 24 October 2003 |
| Runtime: | 109 min |
Cast and Crew
as Radio
as Coach Jones
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Critics Reviews
Entertainment Weekly
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- by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
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- by: Rick Groen
Users Reviews
- 28.October.2008
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- by: Noa
- Noa rated this movie
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