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6.4 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 40 Ratings

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  2. Negative: 11 out of 40

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  1. KenC
    Jan 25, 2008
    5
    Fun to watch - not much there in substance - then again I wasn't expecting any. I thought it could have had a better script - but I went away smiling and feeling good. More than I can say for some recent critically acclaimed films.
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  2. ChrisC.
    Sep 29, 2007
    9
    Thought this was a really cute movie. I took four nine-year-old boys to see it and they loved it. My husband and I thought it was entertaining. Great family movie!
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  3. ChristianP.
    Feb 2, 2008
    7
    This movie is fun to watch and it's very entertaining too. First they put Vin Diesel in a kids movie and now The Rock I wonder who's next. But overall this movie is worth watching for all ages heck even a baby could enjoy this movie.
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  4. Enrique
    Oct 1, 2007
    0
    Horrible! I had to see this piece of crap with a group of friends and I left with a headache.
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  5. KevinL.
    Oct 3, 2007
    10
    This movie is great. I don't know what you guys are talking about? Its pretty funny and very entertaining and very sad. Its also really unpredictablebut . SEE THIS MOVIE
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  6. KenK
    Oct 5, 2007
    8
    Come on, give the movie a break! Put it in perspective. If you have kids (8 yrs +) there are far worse movies to take them to. I was entertained and my Daughter loved it. If you don't have kids why on earth would you have gone to this movie in the first place?
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  7. KennyM.
    Oct 6, 2007
    0
    This movie was terrible. I actually liked Maid In Manhattan more than this. For god sake, they might as well put make a Pacifier 2 while they're at it.
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  8. BrendaM.
    Feb 2, 2008
    8
    Very good and very funny. The rock is great in this movie. This is a must see
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  9. TomD.
    Dec 29, 2007
    0
    I had to watch this on a long plane ride and I would rather watch the clouds and the wings. Truly insipid, why are people with kids bringing down the collective IQ for movie watching audiences? Really really stupid. The rock cannot act his way out of paper bag and spends most of the movie flexing and smiling.
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  10. Cheryl
    Oct 5, 2007
    10
    This is the best movie... especially the end when you could see Joe being very sentimental losing his daughter. it was really touching. i cried watching this movie. the critics are ALL wrong!!!
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  11. JCA.
    Sep 29, 2007
    0
    Oh please, give me a brake, what a terribly played movie. You could have at least chosen hayden christenson as the main role.
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  12. ClintH.
    Jan 28, 2008
    9
    Typical Disney movie, but at least it's good clean fun. A winner.
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  13. ChadS.
    Jan 4, 2008
    3
    We know the drill. We know the narcissistic jock will be taught a life lesson or two from his long-lost daughter so why not make the transformation more meaningful and let Joe Kingman(Dwayne Johnson) be a complete utter a-hole? The star quarterback is an egomaniac but seems like a nice enough guy. When Peyton(Madison Pettis) shows up at his door, we should feel as if this arrangement of parent and child will never pan out. That's why "The Game Plan" is hopelessly innocuous; a family film that suggests, but glosses over the very real issue of promiscuous athletes and their illegitimate children. This Disney production is technically yet another family-friendly sports film, but the most exciting example of kinetic activity isn't the big football game; it's a handsomely mounted ballet recital. "The Game Plan", however, intended or not, manages to sling one pointed satirical arrow at the culture of modern athletics. Joe is allergic to cinnamon. The spice would seem hard to miss but he eats the cookies his daughter baked for him in seemingly blissful ignorance. Joe is like the athlete who claims he didn't knowingly ingest HGH(human growth hormones). "The Game Plan" could've used more edgy moments such as this. It suffers from an overdose of cuteness. Expand
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  14. MelL
    Feb 21, 2008
    7
    At the end of two hours (especially if you have young girls in the house) you won't feel like you burned off brain cells. Dwayne Johnson could've phoned it in and got a check for his time, but instead goes through the whole film looking like he actually enjoyed the acting process. This is a decent family film, much better than Disney's recently released, abysmal Snow Buddies.
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  15. [Anonymous]
    Feb 9, 2008
    3
    By the time it came out on DVD, I forgot it ever existed. That sums it all up. I don't hate it, or love it. I nothing it.
    • 0 of 1 users said yes
  16. KevinD.
    Sep 27, 2007
    7
    It wasn't great but it had enough comedy in it to make it entertaining, and the Rock has shown once again that he can be a successful actor. Just good fun for the whole family.
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  17. JaredC.
    Sep 29, 2007
    0
    Well, it is infected with a disease, a disease that cannot be cured: The Black Death. It felt as if I had that disease throughout the film, I felt weak, I gained boredom every second. Maybe it was the popcorn that of which is giving me lumps on my body? Is this it? Is this all the rock has to offer? Yeah, sure the story is fine, but the movie itself never stays focused, it never is on a certain balance. The main attention is the humor, which surprisingly is funny, and the Rock isn't all that bad in this, to me he sucks as an actor. In The Scorpion King he smelt. But in this he wasn't bad, as a Football player, that maybe his best role so far. That little girl though is so annoying, and the most of the comedy near the end wasn't there, I didn't catch any. It was too light hearted, very weak, and overplayed, the ending was like any other ending, maybe they could at least try something different than just showing the final game and let the good team win. It is so predictable, and obvious, the dialogue made me roll my eyes because dah they were gonna' say that. But the rest of the movie is okay and funny, but the only real engaging thing about the movie is the Football parts, those parts are good. just the ending wasted the whole movie, and after a while it seemed like the movie ran out of ideas. I just don't get why there has to be such a boring plot, because you know in some movies like Master and Commander: The far Side of the World is predictable but done very well. I love that movie, I adore it, it is the best movie of its year, it beats Pirates, the best Pirate movie ever. And it got 10 Academy Awards, by Russell Crowe, he performances excellently. You know I rather would rate this movie a 10 and talk about Master and commander than this, I would but I just have a few things to say about The Game Plan. So, overall, do not watch this movie, it is not worth it, nor for free, I watched 3:10 To yuma for free because the manager gave us free passes due to poor service last time at the Theatre, but don't waste your free Sunady night to go to a movie with free movie passes to this when you can go see a good movie. Believe me, this movie sucks. I fell asleep for the first time ever in a theatre, this movie is so boring. Period. I never fell asleep in Epic Movie and it was terrible, worth a 0/10, and at least it had exciting things happening, with stupid but fun context from beginning to end. Expand
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  18. JoyceC.
    Sep 29, 2007
    0
    Really ridiculous, when a girl comes to your door without an agent and gives this strong buff football player saying that he is her Dad. You can't just say you are her Dad, when you would be knowing her your entire lfe if you had a Kid. So where did she come from? Is this a joke, because it sin't funny. There are so many flaws that is horrible.
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  19. AlexP
    Jan 25, 2008
    10
    You people who say this movie sucks can shut up, the rock...well rocks and this movie was great. I loved it when he was sedimental about losing his daughter.
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  20. Feb 21, 2011
    9
    A very great and touching movie, with a great story and likable characters, it is extremely funny, a very enjoyable family movie, a very great movie all will enjoy.
  21. Jan 17, 2011
    9
    Cutee Moviee !! it showa and tells alott . its a great fa,ily moviee, and is very enteraining . it was a greatt movie and if you have kids like 8 andd up its a wonderfull they will lovee it . I give it twoo thumbs upp !!
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 23 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 23
  2. Negative: 6 out of 23
  1. A throwback to the days when Disney would recruit second- and third-tier stars to stroll through indifferently written, modestly produced comic fluff that served as family entertainment.
  2. Reviewed by: Joe Leydon
    60
    Wrestler-turned-actor Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is the most valuable player here, revealing impressive comic chops and megawatt charisma even while serving as a human punchline for many of the pic's predictable sight gags.
  3. Having tamed one muscled man-child (Vin Diesel in The Pacifier), Disney sets its sights on The Rock. He preens winningly in The Game Plan.