McFarland

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Yeah.  It is formulaic and predictable.  But it is very gratifying.  A movie about underdog agricultural worker kids in a small town in the Central Valley of California whose high school didn't even have enough kids to put a full football team on the field.  So they form a cross country team instead.  Kevin Costner plays the high school football coach who can't hold a job anywhere else and knows nothing about track, let alone cross-country running.  However, it is based on fact and to prove it the closing credits show the original 1987 high school athletes running with the current McFarland cross-country team.  This is the story about the start of a dynasty.  You know how the story is going to play out and it doesn't matter.  You are going to pull for these kids anyway.  Highly recommended for runners and parents.  Bring your kids.