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The Longshots

Play trailer Poster for The Longshots PG Released Aug 22, 2008 1h 34m Drama Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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Curtis Plummer (Ice Cube), a down-on-his-luck former football player, becomes the new coach of the Minden, Illinois, Pop Warner football team. With his niece Jasmine (Keke Palmer) installed as the team's quarterback and secret weapon, Curtis has a chance to turn his life around, while the residents of Minden have a chance to recapture their team spirit and civic pride.
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The Longshots means well, but it's a largely formulaic affair, rarely deviating from the inspirational sports movie playbook.

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Nell Minow Movie Mom Rated: B+ Feb 18, 2012 Full Review Wesley Morris Boston Globe Rated: 2/4 Nov 24, 2011 Full Review Drew Toal Time Out Rated: 2/5 Nov 16, 2011 Full Review Neil Pond American Profile Despite its roots in real life, much of The Longshots feels like Hollywood stirring the pot. Rated: 2/5 Sep 28, 2011 Full Review Mark Bazer Boston Phoenix 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. Rated: 1.5/4 Apr 23, 2009 Full Review Chris Bumbray JoBlo's Movie Network It has a nice message, and despite the fact that I feel he's been totally emasculated over the years, Cube remains a solid actor. Rated: 6/10 Feb 27, 2009 Full Review Read all reviews

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martin a A terrible film with awful acting and cheesy lines, Ice Cube is just awful and his acting is painful to watch Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member It was actually pretty good Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review farah r With a good intention and an inspirational story, The Longshots delivers a great moral. Unfortunately though, it still lacks the appalling action it needs to captivate. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member heerlijk luchtig als je ziek in bed ligt :-) Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member With deft direction and a script that never forgets it's characters humanity Fred Durst has created the perfect family film Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member It helps that it is a true story otherwise The Longshots would just be another family friendly money grabber from Ice Cube. Nothing is great about The Longshots but the family friendly true story of the first girl quarterback to play in the little league super bowl has enough drama to keep viewers interested. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Curtis Plummer (Ice Cube), a down-on-his-luck former football player, becomes the new coach of the Minden, Illinois, Pop Warner football team. With his niece Jasmine (Keke Palmer) installed as the team's quarterback and secret weapon, Curtis has a chance to turn his life around, while the residents of Minden have a chance to recapture their team spirit and civic pride.
Director
Fred Durst
Producer
Ice Cube, Doug Atchison, Matt Alvarez
Screenwriter
Nick Santora, Doug Atchison
Distributor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co
Dimension Films, Cubevision
Rating
PG (Some Thematic Elements|Mild Language|Brief Rude Humor)
Genre
Drama, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 22, 2008, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 14, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$11.5M
Runtime
1h 34m
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