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The Game Plan
Movie Stats & Links |
| Starring: |
Dwayne Johnson,
The Rock, Kyra Sedgwick, Roselyn Sanchez, Robert Kraft |
| MPAA Rated: |
PG |
| Released By: |
Walt Disney Pictures |
| Distributed By: |
Disney Home Video |
| Kiddie Movie: |
It's really for
them. |
| Date Movie: |
Only if she's the
mother (or step) of the child you are watching the DVD with. |
| Gratuitous Sex: |
Some innuendo. |
| Gratuitous
Violence: |
Football kind. |
| Action: |
Nah. |
| Laughs: |
Some chuckles. |
| Memorable
Scene: |
Nah. |
| Memorable
Quote: |
On the DVD extras:
"He once through a 70 yard pass and caught it." |
| Directed By: |
Andy Fickman |
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Cool Things About the DVD |
| Buy a New TV! |
Movies are always
better in widescreen. |
| Buy a New
DVD Player! |
Disney's on the
Blu-ray bandwagon. |
| Anything Else! |
The ESPN clips
were fun, especially for me being a dude, but otherwise just
standard fare, in fact the bloopers were actually a
let-down. |
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The Game Plan
A Movie/DVD Review |
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I never went to see "The Game Plan" when it was in the
theaters, I mean, I’m not really the target audience (even
though I am a fan of Dwayne Johnson, a.k.a. The Rock), but
the trailer looked cute enough for the little kid crowd,
although probably better for the little girl crowd, and
after seeing the DVD, it’s pretty harmless for them and if
you want a movie to watch with the kids one evening as a
rental it’s probably not that mind-numbing for you.
The story is pretty simple: Dwayne Johnson plays Joe
Kingman - he’s a star quarterback for the Boston Rebels (a
fake NFL team). He’s also a self-centered, egotistical,
selfish womanizer. One day Peyton (Madison Pettis) shows up
on his doorstep proclaiming to be his daughter, with Mom
away on a trip to help impoverished people in Africa. Of
course Joe’s life is turned upside down, of course Joe
starts out not knowing how to be a father, of course Joe
starts to learn something about teamwork, of course there is
a love-interest thrown in, and of course, in the end Joe
learns that the best thing in his life is his daughter.
Everything is cookie-cutter about this movie, even the
ending shouldn’t come as a big surprise (although the movie
people do try to set it up as a twist), so if you’re looking
for surprises and originality you had better look elsewhere,
but sometimes that’s okay, I guess, when it comes to Disney
family films. Madison Pettis does her best to be the
adorable little girl looking to get into her father’s life,
and The Rock is pretty good as the egotistical football
player who somehow, instantly, develops a soft spot. Kyra
Sedwick is Joe’s manager/agent person, Stella, and she’s
actually kind of despicable, and as the love interest who
has to help Joe learn a thing or two about parenting,
Roselyn Sahncez does well in the role of Monique.
If you are a single dude, with no kids, you will probably
hate this movie, but I did my best to put myself into the
role of a parent with a 5 year old girl and said to myself
"Self, this movie wouldn’t suck that much for me if I had to
sit and watch it with her." For that I’ll give "The Game
Plan" 3 stars out of 5.
As far as the DVD goes there really isn’t anything
special. The deleted scenes pretty much explain themselves
as to why they are deleted, even though there is some
explanation given by the film’s Director, Andy Fickman. I
was actually disappointed in the blooper reel, voiced by
Marv Albert, feeling it pretty weak and just something that
"needed" to be added, and the story of how the movie had
come to be made was pretty straight-forward. The best
things, as far as extras go for the DVD, were the two ESPN
related spots, but I suppose that’s mostly because I’m a
dude. There’s also some interactiveness where I guess your
daughter can re-decorate the home screen for the DVD, but I
didn’t have time to play around with that.
A solid rental for a family with youngin’s, go ahead and
let The Rock get his kid’s movie out of his system and go
back to kicking butt.
That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!!
L8R!!! |
