Madison 2005

Critics score:
29 / 100

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Michael Esposito, Chicago Tribune: Caviezel and McCormack manage to portray the stress-filled lives of the McCormicks with a low-key intensity that underscores the couples' frustrations and anxieties. Read more

Tom Keogh, Seattle Times: A touching, spirited family movie that, in the Rocky tradition, is about a sports challenge that represents the hopes and aspirations of characters with little reason to expect success. Read more

Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: You've seen a movie that has the exact same scene after scene and the sport's just been different. Read more

Bob Longino, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Hilarious, thrilling, toon-like martial arts flick that's an absolute joy to watch. Read more

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Kevin Crust, Los Angeles Times: Near-comic predictability, 'What else could go wrong?' plotting and cliche-ridden screenplay sink it. Read more

Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: The music swells on cue with patriotic harmonies. And the head nods, narcotized by uplift. Read more

Kim Morgan, L.A. Weekly: If not for the race sequences and the intriguing presence of Caviezel ... the film would amount to a well-intentioned snooze. Read more

Jan Stuart, Newsday: That Madison would emerge from this thrilling chapter in its history as one of the biggest tourist towns in the Midwest is the film's one genuine surprise. Read more

Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: A stubbornly up-with-people schmaltzfest, it's the kind of corn that gives angst a good name. Read more

Jack Mathews, New York Daily News: There isn't a scene, an action or a character that rings true, yet the narrative summary of the events that inspired it is a matter of record. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: What is it about Indiana that inspires movies about small-town dreamers who come from behind to win? Read more

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Justin Chang, Variety: Neither Madison the town nor Madison the movie ever feels fully inhabited. Read more

Benjamin Strong, Village Voice: Peddles condescending hokum as heartland values. Read more