A disgraced basketball coach is given the chance to coach Los Amigos, a team of players who are intellectually disabled, and soon realizes they just might have what it takes to make it to the national championships.
If Champions hit you the right way, here are Hollywood films that share its DNA. Same emotional weight, same kind of stories, same kind of payoff.
What ties these together is belonging, figuring out who you are, and the family you choose. They share the same lens on class and money, family duty, and corrupt institutions. Both move the same way too, warm, whimsical, escalating, and episodic.
Both films sit with redemption, figuring out who you are, and belonging. Same energy: dark comedy, whimsical, episodic, and escalating.
What ties these together is figuring out who you are and belonging. They share the same lens on class and money. Both move the same way too, dark comedy, whimsical, and episodic.
