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High school football coach, Harold Jones befriends Radio, a mentally-challenged man who becomes a student at T.L. Hanna High School in Anderson, South Carolina. Their friendship extends over several decades, where Radio transforms from a shy, tormented man into an inspiration to his community.
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75
Charlotte Observer
What could have been an all-occasion Hallmark card turns out to be an emotionally genuine love letter to a young man who transformed the town of Anderson, S.C., in the 1970s.
58
Entertainment Weekly
Radio is assembled from small, hard stones of ignorance and intolerance paved over by large, mushy examples of community goodness.
50
The real Radio, and the real coach -- seen together in the movie's feel-good epilogue -- deserve better.
50
Rolling Stone
There's no arguing that Cuba Gooding Jr. is trying to do right by the mentally disabled James Robert Kennedy.
40
The Hollywood Reporter
The cast, which includes Alfre Woodard and Debra Winger, manages to give thoughtful performances that salvage the film's integrity.
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