Cody Sousa. Crystal Allen. Dennis Ambriz. Gil Birmingham. Gina Field. Jack Vandervelde. Kelby Akin. Lonnie Farmer. Mark Cahak. Matthew Eriksen. Michael Hudson. Mike Handelman. Robert Coffie. Sascha Turnheim. Tom Kemp. Adam Leff. Benjamin C. Todd Harris. Jacques Vroom III. Dennis Ambriz is the answer. The tribal elder is an old man but he is tough and won't accept anything but excellence from the students he is teaching about their heritage.
Like so many actors playing Native Americans, he is dignified but sort of lacks personality. Kakaionstha Betty Deer is Joe's grandmother and spiritual leader. She's traditional but also cool, and also comic relief. The team eventually attracts the attention of ESPN and the man who calls the game does quite a professional job. This is in stark contrast to the radio announcer for most of the games, who isn't very good and doesn't seem to care.
I've seen better performances from actors playing athletes in movies like this. No one else approaches the level of Nadie. Tyler Hill as Jimmy comes close but never really makes us notice him, other than as maybe comic relief. There are different types of coaches. I don't know his name from looking at the credits but Coventry's coach believes in winning at all costs and if you can't do it he'll find someone who can and forget the rules.. He doesn't have this problem when his team first appears, but you can bet he will later.
Isn't that what usually happens? And Mr. Geyer is also your typical villain. I guess loud rock music is necessary in a movie about male high school athletes.
I could have done without it. One of the less annoying songs, "Tubthumping" by Chumbawamba, gets a Native American flute added to it, which is nice.
There is some music with a Native American sound or at least influence. I suppose I like the more traditional music. Talk about global warming! The time of year is not mentioned except that the deadline for starting work on the casino is the day after Memorial Day.
But this is New York state and it is mentioned that the events at the start of the movie took place several months earlier. And yet in every scene outdoors but one Nadie and the other girls are not wearing much. But they do look good. Is this family friendly? The sound went out a lot and I don't know what words had to be removed.
Even after that, there were a couple of scenes I wouldn't recommend to kids. But it's not too bad. I the locker room, one guy apparently wasn't covered except by what was put there by the censors, and Nadie and Grandma should have knocked first.
Yes, we do get to laugh from time to time. Stay around for the credits. I'm not sure what was taking place but Coventry's 15, who is white, does a rap and there is a video involving cast members, who seem to be having a good time and are no longer enemies. Later, it just appears the cast members are having a good time.
I was assuming these were real people whose lives were depicted, but a group of man each saying "I'm a Crooked Arrow" were just fans. The credits do say this is fiction. I think it's worth seeing, even though I've seen better. Positive Role Models. Adult characters are seen with glasses of whisky in a business meeting. What parents need to know Parents need to know that Crooked Arrows is an inspirational sports drama about a ragtag team of Native American teen lacrosse players and their reluctant new coach.
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There are plenty of documentaries for fans of the sport that are superior though Continue reading. Report this review. Parent of a 8 and 9-year-old Written by H2Clark October 30, Good-Family-Movie-Night Movie My family of almost 10 and 8yo boys watched this for family movie night.
They loved it, and wanted to know where the local lacrosse teams were. In subscript it Kid, 9 years old December 5, The movie was very funny but it had lots of swearing. At one point in the movie you could see someone's butt.
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