The Longshots

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The Longshots

PG

Released Aug 22, 2008

1h 34m

Drama

Comedy

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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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Critics Consensus

The Longshots means well, but it's a largely formulaic affair, rarely deviating from the inspirational sports movie playbook.

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Harper Barnes

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

It is unabashedly sentimental and, at times sincerely touching, mainly when Ice Cube and Palmer are alone together on the screen.

Rated: C+

Oct 18, 2008

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Gregory Kirschling

Entertainment Weekly

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.

Rated: B-

Aug 28, 2008

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Adam Graham

Detroit News

A clich-riddled, warm and fuzzy, small-town sports drama.

Rated: C-

Aug 22, 2008

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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

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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

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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

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It was actually pretty good

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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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

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heerlijk luchtig als je ziek in bed ligt :-)

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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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

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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

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Good movie for the kids to watch...and Fred Durst directed it. Who would have thought that

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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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: Cubevision, Dimension Films
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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