Chloe Bridges, David Banner, Glenn Plummer

When Curtis Plummer, a down on his luck former high school football star, takes the only job he can find--babysitting his misfit niece Jasmine--he discovers that she has the skills that once made him ...( read more  read more... )a great quarterback. The only place these two opposites get along is on the field, so Curtis is determined to turn Jasmine into the star of the local team, The Minden Browns, and get his own stride back by becoming the coach. The boys on the team don't want her but when this girl quarterback shows them she's got the skills, she'll turn their whole world upside down.

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PG, 1 hr. 34 min.

Directed by: Fred Durst

Release Date: August 22, 2008

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DVD Release Date: December 2, 2008

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  • March 20, 2009
    I really wasn't impressed by The Longshots at all.
    I love Football, and I usually love football related movies. Friday Night Lights, We Are Marshall, Remember The Titans, The Program, Varsity Blues, Wildcats, and All The Right Moves come to mind.
    But, if you are going to make a...( read more) football movie about a young girl Quarterback, you should at least use a girl that knows how to handle the pig skin.
    Also, this movie moved at a snail's pace. It wasn't fast past and exciting, like most sports movies are. It did seem to pick up steam a little towards the end, but failed to make that touchdown. I think the horribly slow pace was probably due to director and Limp Bizkit front man Fred Durst. He can't even captivate an audience with his whiny music, so one would hardly expect him to captivate one on the big screen.
    I normally like Ice Cube as an actor. Even his performance didn't save this movie for me. With his bushy beard and him bringing back the 70s afro, he reminded me of Mr. T in a weird way.
    The Longshots wasn't the worst movie I have seen this year, but it won't be getting the MVP.
  • March 8, 2009
    What a nice surprise. I didn't expect anything special from this, but it was really cute. A girl Quarterback making it, kudos to her. Keke Palmer is one amazing young lady, I truly hope she keeps getting good roles. Ice Cube was pretty good too, usually I don't like his movie muc...( read more)h. Cute story, good execution telling her story.
  • January 15, 2009
    In the depressed Midwestern town of Minden, young Jasmine (Keke Palmer) is having difficulty fitting in at school, hounded by the popular kids and struggling with the absence of her biological father. To help out, Jasmine's shiftless Uncle Curtis (Ice Cube) is brought in, and whi...( read more)le bored with the young girl's fascination with fashion, he spots a terrific throwing arm underneath all her melancholy. Encouraging Jasmine to perfect her football skills, Curtis gets her on the local Pop Warner team, where she's met with immediate disapproval. However, once her arm starts producing wins, Jasmine finds herself a success, and provides Minden a new, long overdue shot of hope. "Longshots" is again smothered by manufactured sentiment and conflict on the gridiron, though many of the scenes are saved by Cube and Palmer. Sharing friendly, endearing chemistry, the actors rescue the picture with their easygoing charisma. The one noticeable detriment is the film's muted cinematography from Conrad W. Hall. Surprisingly considering his prior work, it comes across here as flat rather than insightful, or grittily authentic. Like many sports movies, in order to keep the pace brisk the storyline is streamlined in various forms and dramatic license is used. But The Longshots certainly deserves a place next to other endearing slice of life true stories that illuminate the wondrous world of the sports arena.
  • October 26, 2008
    Not a single new play here.
  • February 16, 2009
    Inspiring movie. Great for the family. I really enjoyed watching this movie and the story was entertaining on a girl quarterback.
  • November 1, 2009
    David Banner and Ice Cube!!!
  • October 31, 2009
    Not half bad. I was glad to see that it didnt follow the traditional true story story arc 100%. Keke Palmer did a great job and Ice Cube was....alright. The story was good and there was some good lessons to learn and moments to laugh at. All in all it was nice.

    What did this m...( read more)ovie teach me? That apparently kids in the USA who play football are a lot smaller than the boys who play it here in Canada.
  • October 29, 2009
    Now this is a cool guy film, a buddy film. Or even a father and son film...
  • October 29, 2009
    Let dooooown. I thought it was going to be more exciting. The movie dragged on from the beginning to almost the end.
  • August 11, 2009
    I LOVE THIS MOVIE, IT WAS REALLY NICE......

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