Quantum Hoops

QUANTUM HOOPS: THE CALTECH BASKETBALL STORY (2008) ***"REVENGE OF THE NERDS" meets "HOOP DREAMS" – a winner by all meansThe truly hard to-believe only-in-real-life incredulity of the CalTech College Basketball's remarkable 20 plus years of never winning a game since... Full review

This is a good film, which shows the demands of high academic performance coupled with the challenges of competing in college athletics. It captures the heart and spirit of the Caltech men's basketball team, and also shows a little of... Full review

Quantum Hoops vanished at the box office quickly, but it deserves a wider audience, and I hope it gets it on DVD.As a final note, it is so heartwarming to see all these earnest youths with their science experiments and lab projects. In fact, it hadn't won a game in its conference in 21 years by the time this documentary was shot.Despite being a Sportscenter punchline, Cal Tech perseveres through it all, diligently losing every game it plays but continuing to show up. ... Full Review

For sure, Greenwald's dull historical timeline will make you regret having signed up for it. Even if you don't have a degree in chemical engineeringscratch that, especially if you have a degree in chemical engineeringyou'll probably wish Scully had taken the reins from Mulder, but Duchovny's sleepy-time conviction to Greenwald's script is the least of the documentary's problems. ... Full Review

If Quantum Hoops is not precisely something unexpected, it does raise worthy questions about the expectations it evokes and fulfills. But for Dow and the team, as well as alumni who played on previous teams, none of this is bad. ... Full Review

QUANTUM HOOPS Rated:NR For movie details, please click here . First-time writer-director-producer-editor Rick Greenwald has made an unpretentious but goodhearted tale of exceptional intellectuals surviving a state of perpetual frustration. ... Full Review

The documentary Quantum Hoops is firmly rooted in a premise that Americans love and hold dear as a reflection of our collective mythological character: the story of the feisty underdog battling seemingly insurmountable odds. The underdogs in this film, however, ... Full Article