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6.7/10 • 451

2023-03-092h 4m

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Every dream team starts somewhere.

A stubborn and hotheaded minor league basketball coach is forced to train a Special Olympics team when he is sentenced to community service.

Directors
Bobby Farrelly
Editors
Julie Garcés

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  1. Woody Harrelson

    Woody Harrelson

    Marcus

  2. Kaitlin Olson

    Kaitlin Olson

    Alex

  3. Cheech Marin

    Cheech Marin

    Julio

  4. Matt Cook

    Matt Cook

    Sonny

  5. Ernie Hudson

    Ernie Hudson

    Coach Phil Peretti

  6. Madison Tevlin

    Madison Tevlin

    Cosentino

  7. Joshua Felder

    Joshua Felder

    Darius

  8. Kevin Iannucci

    Kevin Iannucci

    Johnny

  9. Ashton Gunning

    Ashton Gunning

    Cody

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CinemaSerf

Mar 23, 2023

7/10

Have you seen "The Shiny Shrimps" (2019)? Well this reminded me very much of that comedy effort as Woody Harrelson portrays the disgraced basketball coach "Marcus". After one altercation too many on the court, he is ordered by a judge to do some community service coaching a group of young children with learning difficulties. Right from the start, he hates the idea. They have precious little team skills, hand-eye co-ordination, and the only one who is any way competent refuses to have anything to do with him. Luckily, "Johnny" (Kevin Iannucci) has a big sister "Alex" (Kaitlin Olson) who manages to get the coach to commit and focus more on the team - and, well you can easily guess the rest. This is one of those life-affirming films that is well written with loads of characters and dry - frequently pretty black - humour. The thing has an inevitability to it, but like the "Shrimps" it's about inclusion. It's about making sure everyone gets a chance to take part, to enjoy, to thrive - teamwork, family (meatloaf - yuk!) and a genuine sense of celebration feature increasingly and effectively. It isn't a film you will remember for long, it's entirely formulaic - but Harrelson and Iannucci are on good form and I did enjoy it.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
$9,263,009.00
Keywords
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