The Winning Season Review

Messages: Toward the very end of the movie, there are positive messages about teamwork, cooperation, and rising above differences to achieve a common goal. A girl who once made jokes about Mexicans ends up defending her Mexican teammate. Another girl who always attends her boyfriend's games stands up for herself and asserts that relationships require reciprocated support.

Role models: Although the coach is a negative role model at first, he's also a positive influence in the girls' lives. The girls all learn not only to play better but to be more comfortable with themselves. The girls also teach the coach not to be so sexist or to make throwaway comments or assumptions about girls. The assistant coach is a great role model for showing the girls that being part of a team is significant and will, win or lose, mean a great deal to all of them for the rest of their lives.

Violence: Trash-talking at a game leads to a brawl (one punch, plus pushing and shoving) on the basketball court. The coach punches and pushes a much older guy who's dating one of his players.

Sex: One of the players is involved with a much older guy and is shown holding hands and making out with him. Another player has a boyfriend; they kiss in his car. The coach tells a player she's not his type because he likes "big t-ts" and an "onion ass" (which he describes as "an ass that makes you want to cry"). There's consistent speculation about the assistant coach's sexuality, and one of the players questions her own sexuality because of how she feels toward an opposing player.

Language: Fairly frequent use of words like "bitch," "a--hole," "p---y," and "s--t" by high-school students and adults. In a couple of scenes, racial slurs are said to a Mexican-American student. Other words include "t-ts," "ass," and more.

Consumerism: Not an issue

Drinking, drugs and smoking: The coach is a huge drinker. At one point, he's so drunk that he gets pulled over for driving under the influence. The girls try to score a drink in one scene.