Synopsis
In the early 70s, Cathy Rush becomes the head basketball coach at a tiny, all-girls Catholic college. Though her team has no gym and no uniforms -- and the school itself is in danger of being sold -- Coach Rush looks to steer her girls to their first national championship.
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Cast
- Carla GuginoCathy Rush
- Marley SheltonSister Sunday
- Ellen BurstynMother St. John
- David BoreanazEd Rush
- Katie HayekTrish Sharkey
- Kim BlairLizanne Caufield
- Meghan SabiaJen Galentino
- Margaret Anne FlorenceRosemary Keenan
- Kate NowlinColleen McCann
- Taylor SteelMimi Malone
Recommendations
- 70
Variety
Family-friendly and abounding in uplift, The Mighty Macs is an undemandingly pleasant indie drama. - 67
Tampa Bay Times
It's a nice movie, and can certainly be inspirational for the proper audiences. - 63
Orlando Sentinel
This tiny Catholic school for women dominated the sport at a turning point in history, and this plucky, old-fashioned sports drama sets the scene and tells the tale with a lot of heart and a dash of wit. - 63
Chicago Tribune
The film doesn't pretend to be anything other than what it is: a story of one woman overcoming low expectations. Gugino and Burstyn and the young performers playing the young players do likewise. - 50
Austin Chronicle
Carla Gugino, however, energizes the film with every step of her self-assured stride. She genuinely manages to create a dimensional character who is fulsomely inspirational – and as I said at the outset, that's not too shabby an accomplishment when it comes to the world of women and sports movies. - 50
Chicago Sun-Times
There is nothing to complain about except the film's deadening predictability and the bland, shallow characters. - 42
The A.V. Club
There must have been a reason why the real-life Rush could do so much with seemingly so little, but The Mighty Macs never captures it. It lets canned inspiration provide the uplift, instead of something more tangible. - 40
Time Out
It's a saga whose clichéd corniness would be practically sinful if not for the mighty Gugino, who almost counteracts the material's pap with megawatt charm and steel-tough resolve - exemplified by a low-angled intro shot of the poised, strutting, tight-sweater-sexy actress.
