This certainly is not an unlikable film, but it is defeated by a cheap look with some poor sound (gymnasium scene sound like they were filmed in a tunnel) and an average screenplay at best. It's about a high school with a losing basketball team where the coach is all of a sudden fired (basically told to us through a homophobic slur) and a new coach is hired without actually being interviewed. Because their name is Randy, the board member who hires them thinks it's a man, but it's really an Olympic track champion played by Cathy Lee Crosby. Principal Keenan Wynn wants the offer retracted but she's threatens a lawsuit so he's forced to take her on, and thus begins his schemes of trying to make her screw up so he can fire her. He's basically playing the villainous Alonzo Hawkes here, although his character isn't as ruthless, just a sexist pig. Will he have that opportunity when Crosby ends up allegedly becoming involved with team member Michael Biehn, an absolute no-no?
I absolutely expected to hate this movie so I was surprised that halfway through I wasn't tempted to turn it off. It certainly is not a good movie, more like a TV movie of the week with a few shots of bare women's breasts and male buttocks added to make it to movie theaters where I'm sure it did not do big business outside of high school jocks and their cheerleader girlfriends.
What makes it a better movie isn't certain aspects of the screenplay (a scene with a nerdy member of the team having to go to the bathroom while on a bus home and being denied the opportunity is rather disturbing, as is the aftermath of when they arrive), but because it just seems to enjoy being mostly sweet and innocent.
Sydney Wicks, a professional basketball player of the time, makes a guest appearance, coming to aide Crosby in instilling confidence in the team and make them more conformable with her as their coach. As their coach, Crosby certainly is formidable, and scenes of them sweating profusely after practice while she encourages them to practice on are realistic. So you can't go into this film obviously expecting much, but if you give it a chance, you really won't feel that you've wasted your time even though there have been better movies about teen sports.
I absolutely expected to hate this movie so I was surprised that halfway through I wasn't tempted to turn it off. It certainly is not a good movie, more like a TV movie of the week with a few shots of bare women's breasts and male buttocks added to make it to movie theaters where I'm sure it did not do big business outside of high school jocks and their cheerleader girlfriends.
What makes it a better movie isn't certain aspects of the screenplay (a scene with a nerdy member of the team having to go to the bathroom while on a bus home and being denied the opportunity is rather disturbing, as is the aftermath of when they arrive), but because it just seems to enjoy being mostly sweet and innocent.
Sydney Wicks, a professional basketball player of the time, makes a guest appearance, coming to aide Crosby in instilling confidence in the team and make them more conformable with her as their coach. As their coach, Crosby certainly is formidable, and scenes of them sweating profusely after practice while she encourages them to practice on are realistic. So you can't go into this film obviously expecting much, but if you give it a chance, you really won't feel that you've wasted your time even though there have been better movies about teen sports.