Radio

Based on a true story, Radio is about a mentally disabled man who was nicknamed Radio because he, get this, always walks around with a radio. Gooding plays James Robert Kennedy, a black man living in the South during the early 1970's.

Convincingly played by Cuba Gooding Jr., Radio is the butt of a practical joke by the high school football team in Anderson, South Carolina (where several of my friends from college lived). The football coach, played by Ed Harris, decides to teach a lesson to the team and show some goodwill toward the man, to make Radio a sort of mascot. Also starring in the movie is Debra Winger.

At first, everyone wonders what the hell Coach Jones is doing, including the Principal and everyone at the barber shop. You'll have to see the movie to see what I mean about that one.

The movie deals with the adversity that the coach must overcome in dealing with a hostile townfolk. Radio is filled with light comedy and is sometimes sad.

A the end of the movie, you get to see the actual Mr. Kennedy, as he is still a fixture at that high school.

Radio is a great movie that my wife and I both enjoyed watching. You will be cheering for Radio at the end. I give Radio 4 stars. This is a good movie to watch with your lady that doesn't include castles, horses, English accents, or some horrible disease that ends up killing someone.