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The Game Plan

PG Released Sep 28, 2007 1h 50m Kids & Family Comedy List
30% Tomatometer 104 Reviews 69% Popcornmeter 250,000+ Ratings
Bachelor football star Joe Kingman (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) seems to have it all. He is wealthy and carefree, and his team is on the way to capturing a championship. Suddenly, he is tackled by some unexpected news: He has a young daughter (Madison Pettis), the result of a last fling with his ex-wife. Joe must learn to balance his personal and professional lives with the needs of his child.
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Despite The Rock's abundant charisma, The Game Plan is just another run-of-the-mill Disney comedy.

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Nell Minow Movie Mom Rated: B- Feb 18, 2012 Full Review Hank Sartin Time Out Rated: 2/5 Nov 18, 2011 Full Review Stephen Garrett Time Out Rated: 2/5 Nov 17, 2011 Full Review Mike Massie Gone With The Twins Boasts enough comedy to get by, ensuring reasonable entertainment for its target audience. Rated: 6/10 Nov 24, 2020 Full Review Micheal Compton Bowling Green Daily News There are moments where "The Game Plan" works, mostly involving Johnson, but for the most part, this is a forgettable film that won't even matter come October. Nov 21, 2019 Full Review Kevin Carr 7M Pictures In many ways, The Game Plan is really just a big-budget, feature-film version of a Disney Channel Original Movie. Rated: 3/5 Jun 3, 2014 Full Review Read all reviews

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Milan S Another case of Critics not knowing what their talking about and looking at a film with less emotion than a stone. Ignore the useless tomatoes for this film. A brilliant feel good movie. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/02/24 Full Review Dale R Starring Dwayne Johnson as a bachelor pro football quarterback who finds out he has an eight year-old daughter played by Madison Pettis. A good portion of the comedy in this movie is from awkward comedic scenes that I am not a fan of. The acting in this film seemed inconsistent in tone, as if some actors didn’t quite take the role as seriously as it should have been while others were. This would point to the director being the problem. I did enjoy the first half of the third act before the big finale, but the rest of the movie is a snooze-fest that even the charisma of Dwayne Johnson couldn’t save. Skip this movie. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 07/07/24 Full Review Nathan G Great family and kids movie from Disney. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/08/24 Full Review Lou T Taking on the surprised single dad story, The Game Plan lands Dwayne Johnson in the hot seat, early in his movie career. Playing the self absorbed football player, Joe Kingman, Johnson stars aside the adorable Madison Pettis as his long lost daughter Peyton Kelly. While the premise is fairly basic, the duo add a loving charm to the story and fully invest you into it. Though the acting is cheesy throughout and not every joke lands, that isn't going to turn viewers away from this cute film. The Game Plan doesn't break new ground in terms of its type of film, but it is quite fun and enjoyable for the whole family. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/02/24 Full Review Logan D Acting is alright. The rock is painfully bad at any scenes other than be macho man especially any sort of emotional scenes. Luckily, he had very minimal emotional scenes. The story screams Disney so it's incredibly predictable with decent comedy and a heartfelt ending. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 12/03/23 Full Review Jace E The Game Plan is exactly what you would expect upon looking at the film poster. With a fairly straightforward concept and a script made for children, there is nothing exceptional about this movie. It was interesting to see the Rock in the infant stage of his film career (he has definitely taken some acting lessons since 2007). I left the film mildly surprised by a small twist and somewhat entertained. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 05/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Bachelor football star Joe Kingman (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) seems to have it all. He is wealthy and carefree, and his team is on the way to capturing a championship. Suddenly, he is tackled by some unexpected news: He has a young daughter (Madison Pettis), the result of a last fling with his ex-wife. Joe must learn to balance his personal and professional lives with the needs of his child.
Director
Andy Fickman
Producer
Mark Ciardi, Gordon Gray
Screenwriter
Nichole Millard, Kathryn Price
Distributor
Walt Disney
Production Co
Buena Vista Pictures
Rating
PG (Some Mild Thematic Elements)
Genre
Kids & Family, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 28, 2007, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 13, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$90.6M
Runtime
1h 50m
Sound Mix
Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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