Champions main backdrop
Champions main poster

Champions

Visit website

6.8/10 • 357

2023-03-092h 4m

ComedyDrama

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

Top Billed Cast

View Credits
  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

Reviews3

View Reviews
CinemaSerf Avatar

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.

Media

  • Champions poster
  • Champions poster
  • Champions poster
  • Champions poster
  • Champions poster
  • Champions poster
  • Champions poster
  • Champions poster
  • Champions poster

Recommendations

  • Sweetwater main backdrop

    Sweetwater

    7.1

  • El Norte main backdrop

    El Norte

    7.2

  • Hurricane Season main backdrop

    Hurricane Season

    6.8

  • Laura Laune - Le Diable est une gentille petite fille main backdrop

    Laura Laune - Le Diable est une gentille petite fille

    7.2

  • My Paper Dolls main backdrop

    My Paper Dolls

    5.1

  • A Beginner's Guide to Endings main backdrop

    A Beginner's Guide to Endings

    6.1

  • The Meaning of Hitler main backdrop

    The Meaning of Hitler

    6.5

  • Against a Crooked Sky main backdrop

    Against a Crooked Sky

    4.9

  • Single in Seoul main backdrop

    Single in Seoul

    5.7

  • Irmã Dulce main backdrop

    Irmã Dulce

    7.6

  • Hibang main backdrop

    Hibang

    6.2

  • The Bus of Life main backdrop

    The Bus of Life

    7.0

  • Más respeto que soy tu madre main backdrop

    Más respeto que soy tu madre

    6.5

  • Club Zero main backdrop

    Club Zero

    5.7

  • Shooting Stars main backdrop

    Shooting Stars

    7.9

  • Foster main backdrop

    Foster

    6.8

  • Love Is in the Air main backdrop

    Love Is in the Air

    6.2

  • Scrapper main backdrop

    Scrapper

    6.8

  • The Peasants main backdrop

    The Peasants

    7.8

  • Sun and Concrete main backdrop

    Sun and Concrete

    7.0

Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
--
Revenue
$9,263,009.00
Keywords
basketballspecial olympicsbasketball teamaftercreditsstingerduringcreditsstingerspecial needsbasketball coachwondersentimental