Daniel Eagans review claims that Glory Road is a crowd pleasing movie about the first ever

black college basketball team to win the NCAA championship. This movie review applauds the
strong sports story that follows the path of success of Texas Western University as coach Don
Haskins leads them to the 1966 championship against Kentucky. The purpose of this movie
review was to go through the general plot of the story and bring attention to the highs and
lows of the film. Eagan wasnt over-the-top with enthusiasm about the movie, but he does give
it credit to make people interested enough in watching the movie and seeing what its all about.
The review gives many details about the historical climate of the movie to show the cultural
implications for these African American players during the 1960s; including civil rights and the
Vietnam War. The audience for this review may be people that have already seen the movie,
because the review is very reflective and goes through the plot while also giving the authors
opinion about the plot. The audience may also be anyone that is a sports lover who is interested
in seeing the movie. Lastly, the audience may be for people interested in looking at the cultural
and social background of America, so this review would help them make the decision whether or
not they are interested in viewing the movie.
This movie review had a few of the conventions that a movie review is expected to have.
The author included the rating of the movie; which is PG. Since this particular review isnt from
a particular site, there isnt a star or point system assigned to rate the movie to a certain degree.
Eagan also included a list of the actors and also the credits from the movie. He also included a
rough summary of the plot which is common among many movie reviews. One convention that I
expected to see was a picture of the movie poster or maybe even the actors from the movie, but
this review was solely textual.
The publisher of this movie review was Film Journal International. I chose this review
because I knew it would be longer and more informational compared to a different review
published by Entertainment Weekly. Im not sure if its just a coincidence for this review, but it
seemed to have a scholarly tone, and the review was informative in an educational way. In
retrospect, it makes sense that this review isnt plastered with images, since this publisher seems
to focus more on the content than the actual design of the review.
The design of this movie review is very simple. It only consists of textual elements, and
the paragraphs are logically divided by shifts in the plot of the movie. The background color of
the review is white, and the text is all the same font and color. The design may be plain, but the
text and message of the review make up for what it may lack in format.
 Works Cited

Eagan, Daniel. "Glory Road." Film Journal International 109.2 (2006): 27-28. Film & Television

Literature Index. Web. 15 Feb. 2017.