McFarland USA

"McFarland, USA feels at once mildly progressive and unavoidably retrograde."

"Whatever the film’s virtues, subtlety was never going to be one of them."

"There’s more to this movie than sweeping music and celebrating in slow motion."

"Ekes out a victory in the margins, proving that a little openness and a little self-awareness can do wonders."

"Thanks to the fleet direction of Niki Caro and no-bull performances by the boys... McFarland, USA gives us a vital sense of hardscrabble lives and dreams of glory deferred."

"While the beats of the story are often stock, the picture benefits from sensitive direction by New Zealander Niki Caro (Whale Rider, North Country)..."