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  • The Final Season
  • Opened October 12, 2007 | Runtime:1 hr. 54 min.
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  • PG
    language, thematic elements and some teen smoking
  • Baseball rules in the small town of Norway, Iowa. Its high-school team is the winner of many state championships, and the coach, Jim Van Scoyoc (Powers Boothe), is National Coach of the Year. When Norway's high school must merge with another, he Read More
  • Cast: Sean Astin, Powers Boothe, Rachael Leigh Cook, James Gammon, Larry Miller
  • Director: David Mickey Evans
  • Genres: Americana, Drama, Sports Drama, Rural Drama

The Final Season Recent Fan Reviews

  • They knocked it out of the park
    by In It Not Of It

    A great movie about how important high school sports are for small town america. This movie starts out a little slow and jumps around a bit, I have to admit I got a little confused with where Sean...

  • i didnt like it that much
    by mas1195

    i remember seeing this two months ago it only lasted a week at my theater i know alot of pepole on here liked it but when i went in the theter i was the only one in there i probbly didnt like it...

  • The Final Season
    by wildangel06

    This is one of the best movies since Remember the Titans. No need to be a sports lover! Must go see....

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The Final Season Critic Reviews

Metascore®43 out of 100 | Mixed or average reviews

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 50
    Los Angeles Times | Staff (Not credited)

    In a movie where the timing of a squeeze bunt is presented as the thing of...

  • 50
    ReelViews | James Berardinelli

    Evans' goal is to do for high school baseball what "Hoosiers" did for high...

  • 50
    Variety | John Anderson

    There's not quite as much corn in The Final Season as there is in the Iowa...

  • 42
    The Onion (A.V. Club) | Scott Tobias

    All these stereotypes are meant to exalt small-town values, but The Final...

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Avg. Fan Rating:
Average Rating = 3.6 out of 5
Metascore®:
43 out of 100 Mixed or average reviews

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The Final Season Movie Photos

  • Powers Boothe and Sean Astin in "The Final Season."
  • Rachael Leigh Cook as Polly Hudson in "The Final Season."
  • Danielle Savre as Cindy Iverson and Rachael Leigh Cook as Polly Hudson in "The Final Season."
  • The Norway Tigers celebrate in "The Final Season."
  • Sean Astin as Kent Stock in "The Final Season."
  • Rachael Leigh Cook as school-board advisor Polly Hudson in "The Final Season."
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