Critic consensus:Cheesy, unnecessary remake.

Numbered reviews:1. Is Fidel really needed in a retread of Dirty Dancing?
2. As you might expect, the movie is as square as a sock hop.
3. Every bit as good as the original, but that's not saying much.
4. The script wallows in its melodramatic clichés and features plenty of unintentionally funny dialogue -- though nothing funnier than the 'based on true events' title card.
5. [I]t's an amiable diversion [for] those looking for a romantic movie that doesn't require too much from the audience...
6. Missing the spark of the original...the only way this movie is going to be the 'time of your life' is if something wonderful happens to you on the way home from the theatre.
7. You'll find the hokey material in Havana Nights strangely familiar, but it doesn't matter.
8. The politics of Havana Nights are as simplistic and naive as the story.
9. The plot of Nights will occupy only 10 or 12 brain cells.
10. Charmless, clumsy and culturally offensive all at the same time.


Critic consensus:As formulaic as sports movies get, this underdog story still triumphs on the strength of its inspiring story.

Numbered reviews:1. Heart and verve in surfeit makes the film rise above its flaws often enough to win you over.
2. When a movie this corny still inspires, 'feel good' feels just right. Stay through the credits, when the 'real' coach and players talk, and you'll see the real Glory in this tale.
3. As Coach Haskins would say, it wins because it sticks to the fundamentals.
4. Really, the material is ripe for Hoop Dreams documentary treatment, but instead we get hoop hyperbole from producer Jerry Bruckheimer.
5. The basketball drama Glory Road is about as smoothly predictable as a well-aimed ball arching from a hand toward a net, but is, still, inspiring.
6. Glory Road abandons the clinical and compelling storytelling of the great recent Disney hockey movie Miracle, and aims instead for the contrived sentimentality of the slightly less great Remember the Titans.
7. A nice, diverting little picture that takes no risks -- a good movie that could have been a great one.
8. Somehow, Bruckheimer keeps the sentimentality to a minimum and keeps his story moving at a very nice pace: four fast quarters and a halftime.
9. In the end, a sports movie is only as good as the adrenalin rush it provides in the climactic match, and there, finally, Glory Road hits on all cylinders with nonstop action and a powerful emotional impact.
10. Glory Road is a pure Hollywood fantasy. As movie fiction, however, I guess it is entertaining enough.


Critic consensus:A well-calibrated blend of manic comedy and poignant drama, Good Morning, Vietnam offers a captivating look at a wide range of Robin Williams' cinematic gifts.

Numbered reviews:
1. It hardly delivers on the promise of giving us the pure, undiluted Williams -- Williams at his best. What's more, it's not even close to being his best movie. It's not even close to being good.
2. Its success hinges directly on your ability to handle large amounts of Robin Williams.
3. Robin Williams's best ever film. Comedy, Action....a little bit of everything, for everyone.
4. Wildly overrated whitewashed biopic.
5. Somewhat preachy, but perfect blend of Williams' comedy and drama.
6. Robin Williams found his perfect role in this Vietnam comedy/drama.
7. Acomedy about life in the military that has more on its mind than just laughs.
8. Make no mistake about it: Mr. Williams's performance, though it's full of uproarious comedy, is the work of an accomplished actor. ''Good Morning, Vietnam'' is one man's tour de force.
9. Williams is amazing.
10. If you haven't seen this one in a while, definitely consider picking it up again. I think it's a better film today than it was 18 years ago.