The heart-warming drama about mentally handicapped individuals who change the way "normal" people think is its own genre, and this film doesn't mess with the formula. Screenwriter Mike Rich and director Mike Tollin simplified and tweaked the true story of a young black man nicknamed Radio (for his vintage radio collection), a sort of assistant/mascot for Anderson, S.C.'s high-school football and basketball teams for more than 40 years. Sometime in the 1970s: Popular football coach Harold Jones (Ed Harris) notices a silent young man, Radio (Cuba Gooding Jr.), pausing in his meanderings through town with a shopping cart to watch the team practice. After Jones catches s...
Released:
2003
Rated:
PG
Length:
108 mins