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Radio

REVIEW

 

Starring:

Cuba Gooding Jr. .... Radio
Ed Harris .... Coach Jones
Alfre Woodard .... Principal Daniels
S. Epatha Merkerson .... Maggie
Brent Sexton .... Honeycutt
Chris Mulkey .... Frank
Sarah Drew .... Mary Helen
Riley Smith .... Johnny
Patrick Breen .... Tucker
Debra Winger .... Linda
Bill Roberson .... Del
Kenneth H. Callender .... Don
Michael Harding .... Irv the Cop
Charles Garren .... Clive
Rebecca Koon .... Waitress

Genre: Drama

Studio: Columbia TriStar

Runtime: 109 minutes

Plot:
Football coach Harold Jones (Harris) befriends Radio (Gooding), a mentally-challenged student at T. L. Hanna High School in Anderson, South Carolina. Their friendship extends over several decades, where Radio transforms from a shy, tormented student into an inspiration to his community

Director: Michael Tollins

Producer(s):

Herb Gains .... producer (as Herbert W. Gains)
Todd Garner .... executive producer
Brian Robbins .... producer
Caitlin Scanlon .... executive producer
Michael Tollins .... producer
Tierre Turner .... associate producer

Writer(s):

Mike Rich   (written by)
Gary Smith   (magazine article) uncredited

Rating 9 1/29 1/2 9½ out of 10

Rated pg for mild language and thematic elements.

Notes:
Emotional kind of movie. Cuba Gooding Jr. gives a really good performance in this one. A nice little family film.

Bottom Line: BUY!

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