7.8
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Drama, Family • 1986 • 114 min • Older Kids (7+)
Hoosiers (1986)
Hoosiers (1986)
Overview
Failed college coach Norman Dale gets a chance at redemption when he is hired to coach a high school basketball team in a tiny Indiana town. After a teacher persuades star player Jimmy Chitwood to quit and focus on his long-neglected studies, Dale struggles to develop a winning team in the face of community criticism for his temper and his unconventional choice of assistant coach: Shooter, a notorious alcoholic.
Starring Cast
Gene Hackman • Barbara Hershey • Dennis Hopper
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Traditional
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Low
Christianity: Positive
Viewer Rating
7.8
Overview
Failed college coach Norman Dale gets a chance at redemption when he is hired to coach a high school basketball team in a tiny Indiana town. After a teacher persuades star player Jimmy Chitwood to quit and focus on his long-neglected studies, Dale struggles to develop a winning team in the face of community criticism for his temper and his unconventional choice of assistant coach: Shooter, a notorious alcoholic.
Starring Cast
Gene Hackman • Barbara Hershey • Dennis Hopper
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Traditional
Primary
Political: Leans Right
Confidence: High
The film's central subject matter is largely apolitical, but its narrative champions solutions rooted in traditional small-town American values, discipline, individual responsibility, and community cohesion, aligning it with right-leaning themes.
Diversity: Low
Confidence: High
The film 'Hoosiers' features a predominantly white cast, consistent with its 1950s rural Indiana setting, and does not include intentional race or gender swaps. Its narrative focuses on traditional themes and identities without critique or explicit engagement with diversity, equity, or inclusion concepts.
Secondary
Christianity: Positive
Confidence: High
The film portrays Christianity as a foundational element of the rural Indiana community, depicting its adherents as sincere and their faith as a source of moral guidance, unity, and strength. Church attendance and prayer are shown as integral, positive aspects of their lives, contributing to the community's resilience and spirit.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High
Hoosiers does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative centers on a high school basketball team and its coach in 1950s Indiana, with no elements related to queer identity or experiences.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: High
Hoosiers is a sports drama centered on a high school basketball team and its coach. The film does not include any identifiable transsexual characters, themes, or plotlines, resulting in no portrayal of transsexual identity within its narrative.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
Hoosiers is a historical sports drama based on real events and people. All major characters, whether historical figures or original to the screenplay, maintain their established or intended gender without any changes from prior canon or historical record.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: High
The film "Hoosiers" is a 1986 sports drama based on a true story set in 1950s Indiana. All major characters, including those based on real historical figures, are portrayed by actors whose race aligns with the historical context and established background, thus containing no race swaps.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.4
7.0
Critic Ratings
9.0
7.7
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