The Mighty Macs. Movie More Info. Cathy Rush is a woman ahead of her time and she’s about to embark on an adventure for the ages. Recently hired as the coach of tiny Immaculata College, Cathy’s challenges are as imposing as the big-school teams her Macs will face. There is no gymnasium, no fan. The Mighty Macs. Hired to coach the women's basketball team at a small college, Cathy Rush (Carla Gugino) struggles to focus her team and inspire the nuns who run the school during a journey through an unlikely championship season. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started.
She's the only applicant for the coaching position at tiny Immaculata College in Pennsylvania. The school owns one basketball. Its gym has just burned down. The salary is $450 a season. Her mission is explained by the school president, Mother St. John (Ellen Burstyn): The point isn't winning; it's keeping the girl's hormones under control.
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From this point, we know from countless other movies that Immaculata will win the national championship. In case there's a shred of doubt, the ads reassure us. You don't get a movie made about you by starting without a gym and going on to build a good second-place team. We also know with certainty that the film will end with the Big Game. That is right and proper. What we hope for, however, are memorable characters, colorful dialogue and a few surprises along the way.
The biggest surprise for me was the character of Ed Rush, Cathy's husband. In a film populated by nice people, he comes across as a louse. Remember the movie is set in 1971, when Male Chauvinist Pig was a term in everyday use. Ed is a gold-plated MCP. He complains that Cathy's coaching duties mean she's late getting home and doesn't tend to her wifely duties. He takes no interest in her team. Nor, although they are recently married, does he seem to feel any stirrings of affection and lust. The basketball team is certainly working to keep his hormones under control.
You know the movie, written and directed by Tim Chambers, is going to have to move the louse's character from A to B. The turning point is a solid brass cliche. On an away trip, he phones home, says he's delayed and then asks, 'How was your game?' 'We won,' she says. 'And ... thanks for asking.' Because he never had before. He takes a beat. 'I love you,' he says.
What changed? I dunno. Maybe be heard the team was winning. In movies like this, there's always a climactic scene where the absent parent/teacher/authority is found sitting in the stands. Sure enough, for the final game, the camera cuts to Ed in the bleachers, who gives his wife a proud, if not effusive, nod.
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| The Mighty Macs | |
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| Directed by | Tim Chambers |
| Screenplay by |
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| Story by | Anthony Gargano |
| Produced by | Tim Chambers |
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| Edited by | M. Scott Smith |
| Music by | William Ross |
| Distributed by | Freestyle Releasing |
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| 99 minutes | |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $7 million[2] |
| Box office | $1,891,936[2] |
The Mighty Macs is a 2009 American film by director Tim Chambers. It stars Carla Gugino in the lead role of Cathy Rush, a Hall of Fame women's basketball coach. The film premiered in the 2009 Heartland Film Festival and was released theatrically in the United States on October 21, 2011 through indie film label Freestyle Releasing.
Plot[edit]
In 1971, Cathy Rush, a woman ahead of her time, takes a job as the head women's basketball coach at Immaculata College. Rush faces a challenge of trying to compete against perennial powerhouses. Seven members of the 1972 Immaculata championship team appear as nuns in a church scene early in the film,[3] sitting together in a pew, passing a note from the Rush character to a student.
Cast[edit]
- Carla Gugino as Cathy Rush
- Ellen Burstyn as Mother St. John
- Marley Shelton as Sister Sunday
- David Boreanaz as Ed Rush
- Katie Hayek as Trish Sharkey
- Kim Blair as Lizanne Caufield
- Margaret Anne Florence as Rosemary Keenan
- Taylor Steel as Mimi Malone
- Kate Nowlin as Colleen McCann
- Meghan Sabia as Jen Galentino
- Phyllis Somerville as Sister Sister
- Tony Luke, Jr. as Salvator Galentino
- Kathy Romano as Gate Agent
- Joe Conklin as Game Announcer
Production[edit]
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The film was filmed in 2007, but not released until 2011 due to the difficulties of finding a distributor.[4] The director, Tim Chambers, had a potential distribution deal with Disney, but turned it down because Disney wanted to add coarse language to earn PG rating, but Chambers preferred to go for a G rating.[5] Chambers worked out a deal with Freestyle Releasing, and the movie opened four years after completing the filming.
Some scenes were shot at West Chester University in West Chester, Pennsylvania.
Some scenes were shot at The Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania.
Reception[edit]
The Mighty Macs received mixed reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a rating of 46%, based on 50 reviews, with an average rating of 5.4/10. The site's consensus reads, 'Its heart is obviously in the right place, but The Mighty Macs is too blandly formulaic to transcend the genre's many clichés.'[6] On Metacritic, the film has a rating of 49 out of 100, based on 19 critics, indicating 'mixed or average reviews'.[7]
References[edit]
- ^'Women's games to raise breast-cancer awareness'.
- ^ abThe Mighty Macs at Box Office Mojo
- ^'Grentz thrilled with NCAAs in Trenton'.
- ^'Local filmmaker tells of 'Defining moment' in making of 'Mighty Macs' movie'. The Delaware County Daily Times. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
- ^Dunkle, David. 'Lancaster County native fights cancer while filming 'The Mighty Macs''. The Patriot-News. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
- ^'The Mighty Macs (2011)'. Rotten Tomatoes.
- ^'The Mighty Macs Reviews'. Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
External links[edit]
- The Mighty Macs at IMDb