The Mighty Macs

The based on a true story of the first year that collegiate women were allowed to play 5 on 5 basketball. Cathy Rush (new wife of famous NBA ref Ed Rush) takes a job at a small catholic college as the basketball coach. In classic sports film fantasy, she cobbles together a group of players, some reluctant and with families that don't support them, into a team that plays together beyond their skill level. The school eventually gets behind them and they become a local sensation. Threaded throughout the film are the gender bias/discrimination struggles that were par for the course in the early 70's. While sports films can't really be any more formulaic than this, there is a reason that the formula works. This was predictably entertaining.

3 stars (out of 5)