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  Review by Harry Ridgway ★ 8

  Do you remember the Simple Jack subplot/parody that was apart of Tropic Thunder? I am certain that the main inspiration and basis for that spoof was Radio -- a film so unashamedly ham-fisted, unapologetically banal and transparently embellished that it's a nightmare for the senses. The true account that serves as the film's foundation tugged at my heart strings, this did not even penetrate the radius of my heart-strings.

  When I was comparing this to Simple Jack, I was not correlating the mental handicaps, but the sappy fashion in which the film is composed. Giddy melodies accompany a superfluous narrator as we establish the small town and citizens we will pivot around for 109 prosaic minutes. It has the visuals…

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  Review by Jake Alda Coffey ★ 1

  Tropic Thunder’s Simple Jack + The Water Boy = Radio

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  Review by Rob Patrick ★★ 1

  I'm sorry but if a group of teenagers are binding the arms and legs of a developmentally disabled man, and locking him in a shed, I'm probably going to inform their parents and suspend them, not make them do first-team reps.

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  Review by Dawson Joyce ★

  Featuring one of the most unbelievably insulting portrayals of a person with mental disabilities ever put to film and one of the most shameful performances ever turned in by an Oscar winner, Radio does a grave disservice to the true story it's inspired by, relying more on cheap sentiment and equally cheap stereotypes to wring tears out of its audience as opposed to authenticity.

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  Review by Jacky ★★ 6

  STORYTIME:

  So it was raining today so we couldn't do school sport so instead we were forced to all sit on uncomfortable chairs (at least twenty people just laid on the floor) and watch this. We spent about half the period just doing roll call whilst everyone shouted at each other.

  One of the teachers just picked a random film from the library and put it on. Whilst it was playing, everyone continued to talk and make jokes (as did I with my friends). The lights in the room continued to turn off and on for about 15-20 minutes. Needless to say, this was one of the best screenings I've had in a while.

  Oh and we only saw roughly the first forty minutes since the teachers got so mad but since it was so cheesy and lame, I highly doubt I'll ever feel the need to revisit it anytime soon.

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  Review by Jakie Cake$ ★

  This is how we cure prejudice: by objectifying the discriminated

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  Review by Member of 3 stars and dreaming ★★★★½ 1

  Really blows my mind that this movie has gotten so many bad reviews. I loved everything about it. The emotions are real and raw and can make any hells angel shed a tear. Truly a great movie that followed the true story so well. Acting is top notch. Honestly I didn’t want the movie to end!!

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  Review by Christina Reynolds ★★½ 2

  𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒔, 𝒘𝒆'𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏' 𝑹𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒐, 𝑹𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒐'𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏' 𝒖𝒔 - 𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒔 𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒘𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒘𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆

  Radio is a 2003 American semi-biographical sports drama film directed by Mike Tollin, written by Mike Rich, and inspired by the 1996 Sports Illustrated article "Someone to Lean On" by Gary Smith. The article and the movie are based on the true story of T. L. Hanna High School football coach Harold Jones (Ed Harris) and a mentally disabled young man, James Robert "Radio" Kennedy (Cuba Gooding Jr.).

  For the first 20 minutes of radio Kennedy doesn't utter a…

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  Review by Brox ★★ 5

  Ed Harris looks like the Sus Jerma meme on this poster

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  Review by Jay ½ 2

  Fuck this movie.

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  Review by itskyle ½

  Ever wonder why we got movies like The Blind Side and Green Book? Well look no further!

  1/10

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  Review by Clay ★ 1

  Jesus fucking Christ