Directed by:
Andy FickmanCinematography:
Greg GardinerComposer:
Nathan WangCast:
Dwayne Johnson, Madison Pettis, Roselyn Sanchez, Kyra Sedgwick, Brian White, Hayes MacArthur, Morris Chestnut, Kate Nauta, Paige Turco, Jamal Duff (more)VOD (3)
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Quarterback Joe Kingman is known as one of the toughest players to ever take the field. Blessed with amazing strength and agility, he's famed for being able to handle any hit, no matter how ferocious. Kingman's Boston-based pro football team, The Rebels, is chasing their long-awaited championship and Joe has been living the ultimate bachelor fantasy: he's cool, rich, famous and the life of every party--and there are a lot of parties. But his dream is suddenly sacked for a loss when he discovers Peyton, the 8-year-old daughter he never knew existed, on his doorstep. Now, just as his career is soaring, Joe must learn to juggle his old lifestyle of parties, practices and dates with supermodels while tackling the new challenges of ballet, bedtime stories and baby dolls--all without fumbling. Equally perplexed is his hard-edged mega-agent, Stella Peck, herself without a parental bone in her body. But, as the championship grows nearer, Joe is about to realize that the game that truly matters has nothing to do with money, endorsements or even touchdowns--it's all about the really tough stuff: patience, teamwork, selflessness and winning the heart of the one little fan who turns out to count the most. (official distributor synopsis)
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This is not a movie, this is a weapon of mass destruction! I'd love to write that The Rock is such a likable guy that he could elevate even the worst movie, but unfortunately only part of that is true. He is really talented and incredibly likeable (and improving as an actor), but he could not save this screenwriting crap. It's a textbook of the most embarrassing clichés, where if you think of anything you've seen a hundred times before and don't like so much (which Red Dwarf parodies with gusto), it will be there. Nothing works here, the logic, the situational humour or The Rock's cute grimaces. The writers' strike in the flesh. These are the kind of "family movies" that are making big bucks in the United States today.
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Almost every single action star of the present day has been in some cutesy and positive Disney movie from the starry-eyed world of perfect people. The Rock couldn’t be an exception, and so after Walking Tall, he decided to visit the world of family movies in The Game Plan. And it’s not that bad. The whole American football environment somehow suits Dwayne. But what definitely doesn’t suit him is how relatively teeny he used to be a few years ago compared to how he looks now; and he was pretty jacked back then, too. But The Game Plan is okay. It isn’t amazing, but it isn’t that bad and compared to other movies with action heroes, it’s pretty fun to watch.
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Great family comedy with the wonderful Rock and the adorable Madison Pettis. I laughed and cried too. Nice stuff (furnishings, etc.), which was nice to look at. The final dance was divine!
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A sports star who lives as a perpetual bachelor - well, actually still quite a young bachelor - discovers that he has an eight-year-old daughter from a previous relationship. Yeah, it's a cliché, but there's not much you can do about it. This is Disney, after all. The Rock in the lead role is the only highlight I saw in this film. From the beginning, it's pretty clear how it's going to unfold. First surprise, then rejection, but ultimately acceptance. Plus, of course, some highly emotional moments. It's a nice family movie, but this time it definitely falls short of anything above average.
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