Mighty Macs, The

When a feisty basketball coach (Carla Gugino) is hired by the no-nonsense mother superior (Ellen Burstyn) at the financially strapped Immaculata all girls college in Philadelphia to coach an eclectic group of students (Katie Hayek, Lauren Bittner, Meghan Sabiam Margaret Anne Florence, Kim Blair, Kate Nowlin, et al.) in 1971 for $450 per season in this inspirational, uplifting, factually based film, she makes a cohesive basketball team with the help of a troubled nun (Marley Shelton) and the support of her devoted husband (David Boreanas) and other sisters (Jennifer Butler, Phyllis Somerville, et al.).
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