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10/18/08
The Longshots (2008)
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Reviews Counted:65
Fresh:26
Rotten:39
Average Rating:5.2/10
Consensus: The Longshots means well, but it's a largely formulaic affair, rarely deviating from the inspirational sports movie playbook.
Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins
Genre: Comedies
US Box Office: $11,389,715
Synopsis: 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... [More]
Reviews for The Longshots
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04/08/09
A cliché-riddled, warm and fuzzy, small-town sports drama.
08/22/08
Keke Palmer and Ice Cube (who co-produced) offer the sort of multi-layered performances that elevate a predictable plot into something special
08/21/08
This is your basic, generic sports underdog movie that plays very much like an afterschool special. That's not to say it's all that bad, but one expects more when they're paying ten bucks on a Friday night.
08/23/08
Quite generic, even down to the same treacly musical score heard in every other inspirational sports movie.
08/22/08
...while The Longshots is far from original - much less first-class - it is effective in its own, middle-of-the-road way.
08/22/08
The guy who gifted the world Nookie is making movies these days, and much like the music he created with band Limp Bizkit, Durst's cinematic sensibilities are hackneyed, tiresome, and lack sorely needed rehearsal.
08/21/08
So how does the creative team behind The Longshots freshen up such a hackneyed, cliché-ridden franchise? The answer is that, despite a game effort, they don't.
08/22/08
Predictable and uninspiring.
08/24/08
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02/27/09
Based on the real-life of Jasmine Plummer, this story ought to have all the heart and drama needed, but the onscreen version is too sloppy to even get the clichés right.
08/22/08
Ice Cube brings his family film "A" game to The Longshots
12/19/08
Ice Cube is good, but the story has been done so many times in so many better movies, there's little here to recommend.
08/22/08
Former Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst directs in a surprisingly dull fashion, and most of the characters, including Jasmine's mother and father, are numbingly one-dimensional.
08/22/08
Top CriticDirected by Fred Durst (of the band "Limp Bizkit"), "The Longshots" is a cookie-cutter feel-good kid's movie that seems like it was made by some faulty gadget stuck on auto-pilot.
08/21/08
Unfortunately, director Fred Durst blends all of these time-honored components with the same skill level that he brought to the stage with his crappy band Limp Bizkit.
08/21/08
A feel-good family sports drama more likely to make the viewer feel sick from sugar overload.
08/21/08
This sweet inspirational story while familiar at times, keeps you thoroughly entertained by mixing healthy doses of humor into the real world drama.
08/20/08
The physical setting and particular racial group may be different, but you have seen these consciously life-affirming sports-family movies before, and this one doesn't disappoint in its by-the-book generic formula.
08/21/08
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