The Longshots PG
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DVD Details
- Rated: PG
- Run Time: 1 hours, 35 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: December 2, 2008
- Originally Released: 2008
- Label: Weinstein
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Ice Cube & Keke Palmer | |
Performer: | Dash Mihok, Tasha Smith, Jill Marie Jones & Matt Craven | |
Directed by | Fred Durst | |
Edited by | Jeffrey Wolf | |
Screenwriting by | Nick Santora & Doug Atchison | |
Composition by | John Swihart | |
Produced by | Ice Cube, Matt Alvarez & Nick Santora | |
Director of Photography: | Conrad W. Hall | |
Executive Production by | Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein & Andy La Marca |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 3/5 --
The Longshots is a likable enough Cinderella story, one whose heart is clearly in the right place, even if it winds up on its sleeve once too often.
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Los Angeles Times
Rating: 2/4 --
That's the problem with this well-intentioned celebration of the spirit of Title IX: it wants so badly to be liked that it tries to blend into the crowd. [Blu-ray]
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Groucho Reviews
Rating: 3/5 --
This genuinely affecting movie, based on a true story, has a heart as big as a football field even when its plot points are telegraphed.
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New York Daily News
Rating: 1.5/4 --
The script may have taken an hour to write, and I hope they got a bulk rate on generic inspirational music, but Cube and his young co-star, Keke Palmer, are plenty charismatic, and Durst doesn't knock over the camera.
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Boston Phoenix
Rating: 3/4 --
Durst's surprisingly gentle and understated direction lends the proceedings authenticity even when they cover the most pro forma ground.
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TheMovieReport.com
Rating: 3/4 --
Ice Cube brings his family film "A" game to The Longshots
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Donne Tempo
Rating: B- --
The most surprising thing about the inspirational sports movie The Longshots is not that there isn't already an inspirational sports movie with that exact name. The big shock is that the director Fred Durst -- and he doesn't do half bad.
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Entertainment Weekly
Product Description:
Based on the true story of the first female quarterback to play in a Pop Warner football game, THE LONGSHOTS is an inspiring underdog story of personal triumph and small-town values. The film opens in down-on-its-luck Minden, Illinois, where 11-year-old Jasmine Plummer (Keke Palmer) copes with the pain of an absentee father and her classmates' constant antagonism. Jasmine's fortunes begin to change with the emergence of her uncle, Curtis (Ice Cube). Once a rising football star but now out of work, Curtis dreams of escaping Minden for the sunny promise of Miami. But when he sees Jasmine's gift for throwing the football, Curtis helps her overcome self-doubt and skepticism to join Minden's woeful Pop Warner team. Inspired by Jasmine's skill and toughness, and with the addition of Curtis as a coach, the team earns a spot in the Pop Warner Super Bowl in Miami. But as the national media swoop in to cover the team's story, Jasmine and Curtis come face-to-face with their biggest obstacle: the reappearance of Jasmine's father. Will Curtis and Jasmine lead the team to glory, or will Jasmine's father once again tear apart a loving family' Directed by Limp Bizkit front man Fred Durst, the film features excellent performances by Ice Cube and Keke Palmer (AKEELAH AND THE BEE), the youngest person ever nominated for a Screen Actors Guild award. Grounded in real struggles and real people, THE LONGSHOTS eschews typical Hollywood theatrics to tell an ultimately authentic tale of overcoming great odds by finding greatness in ourselves and each other.
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