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04/08/09
The Longshots (2008)
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Reviews Counted:18
Fresh:7
Rotten:11
Average Rating:5.1/10
Consensus: The Longshots means well, but it's a largely formulaic affair, rarely deviating from the inspirational sports movie playbook.
Theatrical Release:Aug 22, 2008 Wide
Box Office: $11,389,715
Synopsis: Based on the true story of the first female quarterback to play in a Pop Warner football game, THE LONGSHOTS is an inspiring underdog story of personal triumph and small-town values. The film opens... [More]
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Reviews for The Longshots
1 - 19 (sorted by date)
Top CriticThe most surprising thing about the inspirational sports movie The Longshots is not that there isn't already an inspirational sports movie with that exact name. The big shock is that the director Fred Durst -- and he doesn't do half bad.
08/28/08
Top CriticA cliché-riddled, warm and fuzzy, small-town sports drama.
08/22/08
Top CriticThe Longshots is a likable enough Cinderella story, one whose heart is clearly in the right place, even if it winds up on its sleeve once too often.
08/22/08
Top CriticThis genuinely affecting movie, based on a true story, has a heart as big as a football field even when its plot points are telegraphed.
08/22/08
Top CriticThe Longshots (awful title, guys) plays every instrument in the cliché orchestra, but it at least plays them well, and its characters are likable enough to settle in with for a pleasant hour and a half.
08/22/08
Top CriticIts charms, however slight or familiar, are present and its family-friendly characters and dialogue are refreshing.
08/22/08
Top CriticAnyone familiar with other inspirational sports movies knows that they lead up to a crucial game. The Longshots is no exception.
08/22/08
Top CriticSo how does the creative team behind The Longshots freshen up such a hackneyed, cliché-ridden franchise? The answer is that, despite a game effort, they don't.
08/22/08
Top CriticFormer Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst directs in a surprisingly dull fashion, and most of the characters, including Jasmine's mother and father, are numbingly one-dimensional.
08/22/08
Top CriticThe film works so well because the sports elements are the least important.
08/22/08
Top CriticPredictable course of practices, winning games and overcoming personal obstacles.
08/22/08
Top CriticWhat makes this one different? Absolutely nothing. (Sure, it's based on a true story, but I mean come on, whatever.)
08/22/08
Top CriticIf I've seen one movie about a team of underdogs, I've seen a dozen. But I hadn't seen The Longshots before.
08/22/08
Top CriticThere are few movies out right now more genuine than this Cinderella story.
08/21/08
Top CriticMusicians in need of a metronome could pick up a steady beat from The Longshots, a thoroughly conventional sports-underdog movie based on the real-life first female quarterback in the Pop Warner junior football league.
08/21/08
Top CriticEvery triumph registers low on the emotion meter, and most of the supporting characters are two-dimensional at best.
08/20/08
Top CriticA surprisingly tepid directorial effort by Limp Bizkit nu-metal rocker Fred Durst, pic seldom deviates from the genre-cliche playbook.
08/20/08
Top CriticDirector Durst and DP Conrad W. Hall bathe everything in a sickly beige, neutering all but Cube's natural charisma.
08/19/08
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August 25, 2008:
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