Una squadra molto speciale

Una squadra molto speciale

Jasmine Plummer(Keke Palmer) vive con la madre in una piccola cittadina Nord Americana andata in rovina a causa della crisi che ha portato alla chiusura della sua più producente fabbrica. Jasmine viene affiancata dallo zio Curtis(Ice Cube) durante le ore pomeridiane ed insieme a questo uomo distrutto dalla morte della madre e dalla disoccupazione, Jasmine imparerà ad amare lo sport; specialmente il football. Incitata dallo zio, Jasmine decide di giocare da quarterback nella squadra di città dei continua »

Tossing Around an Old Pigskin With a Rocker, Turned Director

So there’s this bookish girl (Keke Palmer) whom everyone picks on at school. And she has this burnt-out uncle (Ice Cube) who used to be a football star but now is a big loser. One day, each begrudging the other’s company, they toss around a football and lo! The girl’s got some kind of arm on her! This proves a fortunate turn of events, as their sad little town has a useless high school football team. One or two montages later, the girl pulls her self-esteem together to try out for the team. One or two montages past that and the uncle, rising above his funk, is cheering from the sidelines as the girl leads the team to victory and a showdown at the Big Game. »

Inspired by the true-life tale of 11-year-old Jasmine Plummer, the first female quarterback to compete in the Pop Warner Super Bowl, " The Longshots" is a gentle, audience-friendly drama that's sometimes too safe for its own good. Given the edgy pedigrees of its chief architects -- star-producer Ice Cube, director (and Limp Bizkit frontman) Fred Durst and writer Nick San- tora ("The Sopranos," "Prison Break") -- it's surprising that the movie, despite its goal as family entertainment, doesn't exude more tension and pizazz (let's start with that generic score). »