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19 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70VarietyJoe LeydonVarietyJoe LeydonFamily-friendly and abounding in uplift, The Mighty Macs is an undemandingly pleasant indie drama.
- 67Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallTampa Bay TimesSteve PersallIt's a nice movie, and can certainly be inspirational for the proper audiences.
- 63Orlando SentinelRoger MooreOrlando SentinelRoger MooreThis 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.
- 63Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsChicago TribuneMichael PhillipsThe 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.
- 50Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenCarla 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.
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThere is nothing to complain about except the film's deadening predictability and the bland, shallow characters.
- 42The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThe A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThere 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.
- 40Time OutNick SchagerTime OutNick SchagerIt'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.
- 40Village VoiceMelissa AndersonVillage VoiceMelissa AndersonAppears to have been made on a budget equivalent to the cost of a WNBA fleece hoodie. But even at that price, the first feature by Tim Chambers is profligate with sports-movie clichés.
- 12Slant MagazineSlant MagazineThe Mighty Macs is a film from another planet, where stories are told, obliviously, in cryptic, nonsensical code, and people talk to each other in sugarplum proverbs no earthbound adult would ever inflict on another, not even on the set of a Hallmark Original Movie.