Last Chance U

Last Chance U

2016
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Last Chance U

8.4 | TV-MA | en | Documentary

In a docuseries set at one of NCAA football's most fertile recruiting grounds, guys with red flags seek to prove their worth on the field and in class.

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8.4 | TV-MA | en | Documentary | More Info
Released: 2016-07-29 | Released Producted By: Endgame Entertainment , One Potato Productions Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: https://www.netflix.com/title/80091742
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In a docuseries set at one of NCAA football's most fertile recruiting grounds, guys with red flags seek to prove their worth on the field and in class.

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funnygurl615 Although I routinely read the user reviews for shows and movies, I have never written one. After reading some of the reviews of this sports documentary I felt compelled to make a comment. :Last Chance U" provides great insight to how life is at Community College and the athletes in the sports programs. As a life long football love the series didn't catch my interest right away and I really regret that fact, because its an awesome show. The student athlete stories are told with great detail and the directors add just the right amount of game action for balance. My concern with the comments about the players seem stereotypical. Seems some people really do not understand these players circumstances even after watching the show. A lazy student is not the same as one that is ill equipped as a product of a poor educational system. Some have no idea how to study and have not ever learned study skills. Many students simply are not prepared for college after graduating from high school. Brittany Waggoner makes the same assessment after leaving the show that this problem is prevalent and not confined to Mississippi. I also noticed that she didnt understand why some of the players would basically give up and leave. The feeling of being overwhelmed and behind with trying to catch up is stressful. Many students leave college but their experiences are based on harsh realities that must be dealt with in a caring manner. She does come across and genuinely caring for the students but fails to identify what life is really like for them. I love the show and look forward to watching more seasons !!
trelerke-politics Head coach in first season muses on taking his daughter out to kill a deer - he's a very white guy, big, is a total pussycat to his family. Most of the players come from truly awful home conditions, almost all are African American, some will make it to the "show" most won't, virtually none of the students have any real school skills and from what the documentary shows in season 1, for the most part , there is very little practical training for school given at the college, there could be for all I know, but it wasn't shown. The large elephant in the room is the plain fact that this is a business for the local junior college, where most of the people in charge are white and most of the athlete/students/gladiators are black. We feel for the kids, as we should, but most of the time, hard questions aren't really asked. Why do we have this infernal mix of education and athletics with so much of a schools resources going to athletics. It seems like the college has become a half way house/purgatory for wayward athletes rather than an actual college, a microcosm of the general question of how pro football and basketball essentially uses college as a mostly free farm system for the pros and the colleges make bank off major athletic programs that rarely, if ever, filter back into academic needs. The one true moment, which pretty much made the first season, was the fight in the last game where the head coach called the players thugs, the players revolted, as they should have, they got very eloquent very fast in articulating their rage at this unjust outburst and the betrayal it betokens. This was very hard to walk back, and the second season starts with the pall of this acting out hanging over everything. Situating the main room of the movie in the academic coordinator's office is an interesting choice, although it seems like she is there to get these kids educated, she's really there to make sure, to the extent that it's possible, that the kids stay eligible to graduate and get recruited, ( for those lucky enough to have the skills). Most of the kids realize this, most are anything but stupid, no matter their school skills. It's a strange setting, we're kind of witness to something truly gut wrenching, a slow motion train wreck that excruciatingly examines, perhaps without meaning to, the hollowness of the "American Dream." This may be one of the most subversive documentaries produced in years.
shadowxassassin A decent documentary, but the content upsets me to no end. Pretty much sums up everything that's wrong with college in the US. Having been a college student at one point. Its upsetting to see the amount of resourced devoted to people who have to business being in school. the fact that there are peoples jobs who are entirely devoted to keeping the athletes in school by basically babysitting them every moment of the day makes me as an educator doubt that any of my students deserve to be in school, or that a college degree means anything at all. And that the coach can do an say things that would get any of my professor colleagues fired 50 times over further illustrates the difference between athletes and students, and why schools should not put a huge portion of their funding to athletics in areas where they will never see that kind of profit. so 6/10 for film-making and 1/10 for subject matter
boeing100 "Last Chance U" is a fantastic program in many aspects, but shines the most at a human level. The vast majority of these young men have gone through many hardships in their life, and see EMCC as their golden ticket to a potential future to the NFL. Director Greg Whitely did a fantastic job at capturing the highs and lows, both on and off the field of this band of brothers. You quickly get very invested in the different players as you cheer them on at each touchdown. The show also makes you feel like a disappointed sibling, when some of the players miss class, or fall short from some of their training.Some might argue that Coach Stephens is the centerpiece to this large and complex puzzle, but in my opinion Brittany Wagner, the school's academic adviser, absolutely steals the show. She is the loving and caring mother figure that many of the players desperately need and pours her heart and soul to make sure all of them keep on track for success.Another absolute must watch from Netflix, which will keep you engaged from beginning to end.