This movie is, among other things, about finding your talent, that one thing that you can do better than most other people, and figuring out what you're going to do with that talent. This is material that nearly everyone will be able to relate to, and it's handled pretty good, with only fairly few cliches. The plot is good, and it moves along nicely throughout the movie, at a reasonably good pace. The acting is pretty good, both Sean Connery and the other male lead did good jobs, though I found that Connery overacted a bit in some of the scenes. Most of the supporting actors were pretty good. The characters are well-written and their actions are credible, though I think Connery's character was overly eccentric in some scenes. Something that continuously annoyed me was the erratic camera movements which are especially obvious in the basketball scenes. I think they were meant to emphasize on how intense it was, but I think that 8 Mile did a much better job at that than this movie. I guess some people will like this for its message, some people will like it for its good performances... I have to admit, even though the message is good, and the performances are pretty good, I wasn't *that* impressed by this movie. I've been told that it's very similar to an earlier Gus Van Sant movie, Good Will Hunting; I'll have to check that out, to find out if it's better than this. I recommend this to fans of Sean Connery, people who find the plot appealing and/or fans of drama movies. It's pretty good, but not great. 7/10