7.9
“Based on the true story of the team that inspired a nation.”
12 Mighty Orphans (2021)
June 18, 20211h 58mEN
7.2
249 votes
Overview
Haunted by his mysterious past, a devoted high school football coach leads a scrawny team of orphans to the state championship during the Great Depression and inspires a broken nation along the way.
Director
Ty RobertsWriters
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
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Revenue
$3.6M
Production Companies
Greenbelt FilmsSanta Rita Film Co.Sony Pictures Classics
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7.0Luke Wilson is quite effective here as a football coach (Rusty) who, with his teacher wife (Juanita) and his daughter arrive at a run down orphanage, home to 150 children of all ages abandoned by their parents in the midst of the Great Depression. Pretty quickly, they get the general idea that those in the establishment are considered more like the inmates of a prison, and those running it are at best indifferent, at worst ruthlessly exploitative of their charges. Rusty sets out to try and galvanise the disparate young men into some sort of cohesive unit. Initially, they are sullen, demotivate…
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