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Genre :

Drama, Sport

Release Date :

August 22, 2008

MPAA Rating :

PG

Director :

Fred Durst

Starring :

Ice Cube, Keke Palmer, Tasha Smith, Matt Craven, Jill Marie Jones, Malcolm Goodwin, Dash Mihok, Garrett Morris, Earthquake, Michael Colyar

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  5 of 5 [Rate It]

2 of 4

“..undeniably heartwarming..”
by Claudia Puig [USA Today]
3.5 of 4

“..refreshingly free of the cloying happiness that infects most films in its genre..”
by John Anderson [Newsday]
2 of 4

“..pleasant..”
by Jennie Punter [Globe and Mail]
2 of 5

“..kid-friendly..”
by Roger Moore [Orlando Sentinel]
3 of 5

“..genuinely affecting..”
by Joe Neumaier [NY Daily News]
Review rate : C+
Reviewed by Nathan Rabin [Onion AV Club]
3 of 5
Reviewed by Sean O'Connell [Filmcritic.com]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Ken Fox [TV Guide]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Kyle Smith [New York Post]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine]
Review rate : D
Reviewed by Chris Farnsworth [E! Online]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Bob Strauss [LA Daily News]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Bruce DeMara [Toronto Star]
Reviewed by Nathan Lee [NY Times]
Reviewed by Ruthe Stein [San Francisco Chronicle]

Reader's Reviews


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This movie is a great movie. Its funny, inspirational, and you will walk out of the movie feeling that you can play football...dont do it though. LOL, Lets leave that to Jasmine Plummer

posted by shannon on Aug 24, 2008

This is a good family field movie, especially for one that have dads but no fathers in their lives

posted by MOVIE CRITIC on Dec 27, 2008

This movie was the best of the year i really liked it

posted by nick on Jan 01, 2009
 
 

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