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• ♥˩ƳИИ &

  
  <I><b>The Longshots</I></b> is a predictable but enjoyable film about a young girl who just wants to blend in. She's a bit awkward and hides behind her books and is pretty much a loner. She would rather be left alone and seems pretty depressed about her… More
  <I><b>The Longshots</I></b> is a predictable but enjoyable film about a young girl who just wants to blend in. She's a bit awkward and hides behind her books and is pretty much a loner. She would rather be left alone and seems pretty depressed about her father abandoning her. Her mother Claire works hard long hours and enlists her daughters fathers brother to look after Jasmine while she works. He refuses at first, but eventually agrees. He's not happy about the situation and she's not all that happy about the arrangement either. Curtis finds Jasmine to be rude, distant, and a bit weird since she ignores him behind her books. She doesn't care for him all that much either. She rags on him about his clothes and tells him a few times that he smells. Eventually they find a common interest, Football. Over the sport the two become very close and start to care a lot about each other. I am always more interested in the relationships between the characters. I enjoyed watching the relationship between the uncle and niece build up from being cold and distant to loving like a father and daughter relationship. Of course there was football in the middle of all that. Curtis helps Jasmine come out her shell by teaching her how to play football and by encouraging her to put herself out there. In turn she helped him peel off all the layers he had been hiding behind as well and become more than the smelly man who drinks beer out of a bag. It's a cute charming film. One the family could enjoy.

• Red L

  
  This story behind this movie was OK. I didn't think Keke Palmer played the role tough enough to play an 11 year old Pop Warner football player. Even for 11 year olds, it is a bruising game. But realism aside, it is an uplifting story.

• Dean M

  
  Another remarkable true story on American football, but this film is a heart-warming and touching family-friendly, and similarly funny like <i>Hardball</i>. What an unbelievable and fabulous story of the first girl joined in football with boys as a new quarterback with… More
  Another remarkable true story on American football, but this film is a heart-warming and touching family-friendly, and similarly funny like <i>Hardball</i>. What an unbelievable and fabulous story of the first girl joined in football with boys as a new quarterback with assist from her uncle, an ex-forlorn high school footballer. Ice Cube does an excellent performance as an uncle (a great father-figure) of the first girl quarterback in Pop Warner football history.

• Fascade F

  
  You should really see this...for the " come back kid " story in all of us. See this...it is packed with loads of fun...especially if you are a football fan!

• Joseph E

  
  I felt rather pleased with this film, only to the extent that it was both funny and sweet.

• William G

  
  Not a single new play here.

• Donna D

  
  Inspiring movie. Great for the family. I really enjoyed watching this movie and the story was entertaining on a girl quarterback.

• Jim W

  
  The Longshots is a good family film about a down and out ex-football player (Ice Cube) who gets the responsibility to watch his niece ( Keke Palmer) after school. She's anti-social and un-popular in school and he just lounges around in the same clothes every day. They… More
  The Longshots is a good family film about a down and out ex-football player (Ice Cube) who gets the responsibility to watch his niece ( Keke Palmer) after school. She's anti-social and un-popular in school and he just lounges around in the same clothes every day. They learn that they need each other more than they thought. He becomes her father figure and teaches her how to play football. He realizes that she has a great arm and that she just might be what the awful high school football team could use. The Longshots as a football movie isn't any different than most sport films. You know it will either be one of those films where they win or they lose and are happy anyway. But it's hard to keep your eyes off the screen anyway. Ice Cube and Keke Palmer have chemistry and work great together. Even if the film is kind of overly heartwarming, it's still a much better movie for the whole family than something like Marley and Me. If you cry during Longshots, at least you can say it's happy tears.

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