- Studio: Gravitas Ventures
- Release Date: Sep 26, 2008
- Starring: Gary Cole, Penn Badgley, Sean Faris
- Summary:
- Director: Ryan Little
- Genre(s): Drama, Sport
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 1 out of 9
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Mixed: 6 out of 9
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Negative: 2 out of 9
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63There's something disheartening about seeing real-life stories and their inevitable complexities put through the Hollywood sausage machine and transformed into bland parables about a privileged, wayward young bucks redeemed by wise, infinitely patient mentors and the self-abnegating spirit of team sports.
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Despite all the macho posturing, the corny story is just as sappy as anything on Lifetime.
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50This inspirational sports drama unfolds in such generic fashion that it feels contrived more often than it rings true.
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20A mawkish drama hobbled by a thoroughly unpleasant and uncharismatic lead performance.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 11 out of 13
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Mixed: 0 out of 13
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Negative: 2 out of 13
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MarkR.8
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MattW.7
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3The story is predictably corny and the main character has a bad attitude for most of the movie. It kind of makes the film annoying.
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