Synopsis
High school football coach, Harold Jones befriends Radio, a mentally-challenged man who becomes a student at T.L. Hanna High School in Anderson, South Carolina. Their friendship extends over several decades, where Radio transforms from a shy, tormented man into an inspiration to his community.
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Cast
- Cuba Gooding Jr.Radio
- Ed HarrisCoach Jones
- Alfre WoodardPrincipal Daniels
- S. Epatha MerkersonMaggie
- Debra WingerLinda Jones
- Chris MulkeyFrank
- Sarah DrewMary Helen Jones
- Brent SextonHoneycutt
- Riley SmithJohnny
- Patrick BreenTucker
Recommendations
- 75
Charlotte Observer
What could have been an all-occasion Hallmark card turns out to be an emotionally genuine love letter to a young man who transformed the town of Anderson, S.C., in the 1970s. - 58
Entertainment Weekly
Radio is assembled from small, hard stones of ignorance and intolerance paved over by large, mushy examples of community goodness. - 50
Philadelphia Inquirer
The real Radio, and the real coach -- seen together in the movie's feel-good epilogue -- deserve better. - 50
Rolling Stone
There's no arguing that Cuba Gooding Jr. is trying to do right by the mentally disabled James Robert Kennedy. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
The cast, which includes Alfre Woodard and Debra Winger, manages to give thoughtful performances that salvage the film's integrity. - 40
Variety
"Inspired by a true story" it may be, but inspired it's not. - 40
L.A. Weekly
Harris tries his best to make something more out of his one-dimensional white-knight character, while Gooding plays his vaudeville Rainman routine to the rafters. - 40
Dallas Observer
The cumulative effect of the movie's many Kodak moments and stretches of greeting-card sentiment is that they kill us with kindness.
