Guest Blogger: Tyler S1

Radio is an inspirational film about a developmentally challenged kid who loves sports and just wants to fit it. Coach Jones (played by Ed Harris) of the football team takes Radio (played by Cuba Gooding Jr.) under his wing and tries to incorporate him in the team by making him the manager. As the manager Radio is as a happy as he can be, but the players think it’s funny to pick on him. Throughout the movie he goes through many hard times with getting bullied and losing his mom. With this the coach and Radio become very close and he becomes a part of their family. The players also begin to come around and accept him for who he is and not being normal like the rest of them. In the movie Radio Cuba Gooding Jr. does a great job with the emotional aspect of the film and gets you to feel the motions as well. Ed Harris does a great job playing the coach because he shows how everyone should be treated and he stands up for radio more than his own players. The football team also does a very good job at being the bullies because it is like any high school kid they just want to be cool and fit in even if it means picking on or bullying others. Radio is a very motivational character because even when he is getting bullied around he finds a way to be happy and he is always finding a way to smile. Throughout the film you see everyone changing for the better and the main theme of the movie that someone should take away is that even though someone is different they are not under you, they are still people just like the rest of us. Some people say the movie has too many sad emotional parts for an inspirational movie but I believe that it was a good thing because you really get the effect of the film. My opinion is that the movie is a perfect film and 5 stars in my eyes. It is well worth the 5 bucks to pick up this movie and watch it.