The Village Voice, March 19th, 2002
THE GREAT DICTATOR
ESPN's dramatization of John Feinstein's A Season on the Brink made little sense dramatically or journalistically. In fact, the movie-filmed on the cheap in Winnipeg, Canada-is such a mess on so many levels that the usually serviceable and sometimes quite good Brian Dennehy is embarrassing in an effort to portray college basketball's enfant terrible, Bobby Knight. In Dennehy's defense, he's like an adequate player brought down by lousy teammates and bad coaching. When the writing, directing, and acting are this bad, the less said the better. Not more than two minutes of the...
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