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The Longshots (2008)

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Movie Info


Genre

Drama, Sport

Release Date

August 22, 2008

MPAA Rating

PG

Studio

Dimension Films

Official Site

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

Cast and Crew


Director

Fred Durst

Producer

Ice Cube, Matt Alvarez, Nick Santora

Screenwriter

Doug Atchison, Nick Santora

Starring

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

Movie Story


From Ice Cube, the star of such hits as "Are We There Yet?," "Are We Done Yet?" and "First Sunday," comes a feel-good family comedy, "The Longshots" -- a hilarious and heartwarming story of the the first and only girl quarterback in Pop Warner football history. Curtis Plummer (Ice Cube) - a down-on-his-luck former high school football star - turns his niece, Jasmine (Keke Palmer from "Akeelah & The Bee"), into the quarterback of the local team, the Minden Browns, and gets his stride back when he becomes the team coach. With Curtis as their new leader and their pigtail-wearing star player, this team of misfits wins its way to the the Pop Warner Super Bowl and the small city of Minden, Illinois, is ignited with team spirit, town pride and the glory it once knew.

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
 
 

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“..genuinely affecting..”
by Joe Neumaier [NY Daily News]
“..refreshingly free of the cloying happiness that infects most films in its genre..”
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