Rebound (2005)
Average Rating: 3.7/10
Reviews Counted: 89
Fresh: 12 | Rotten: 77
Rebound ought to entertain its target audience, but there's nothing here for those who've seen The Bad News Bears or its countless derivatives.
Average Rating: 3.9/10
Critic Reviews: 31
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 27
Rebound ought to entertain its target audience, but there's nothing here for those who've seen The Bad News Bears or its countless derivatives.
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A man hoping to make his way back to the big time starts by heading back to middle school in this comedy. Roy McCormick (Martin Lawrence) is one of the most successful coaches in college basketball, but he's just as famous for his hair-trigger temper as he is for molding winning teams. When an outburst of anger during a game escalates into an embarrassing public indecent, McCormick loses his job and is banned from college sports. Looking for a way to rehabilitate his image, McCormick takes a job
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Cast
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Martin Lawrence
Roy McCormick/Preacher ... -
Wendy Raquel Robinson
Jeanie Ellis -
Breckin Meyer
Tim Fink -
Horatio Sanz
Mr. Newirth -
Oren Williams
Keith Ellis -
Patrick Warburton
Larry Burgess Sr. -
Megan Mullally
Principal Walsh -
Eddy Martin
One Love -
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Steven Anthony Lawrence
Ralph -
Logan McElroy
Fuzzy -
Gus Hoffman
Goggles -
Tara Correa-McMullen
Big Mac -
Amy Bruckner
Annie -
Alia Shawkat
Amy -
Steve Alterman
(Voice) -
Beau Billingslea
NCBA Board Member -
J.J. Chaback
Secretary Marge -
Dennis Cockrum
Referee Freddy -
Michael Gallagher
OPU Assistant Coach -
Bridget Hoffman
(Voice) -
Matt McCoy
Alumni Association Memb... -
Bob Neill
(Voice) -
Robert Rusler
Falcon Coach -
Paul Tuerpé
(Voice) -
Adam Wylie
(Voice) -
Fred Stoller
Late Carl -
Robert Floyd
OPU Player Brill -
Laura Kightlinger
Car Re-Po Lady -
Cody Linley
Larry Burgess Jr. -
Jackie Gonneau
(Voice) -
Kyle Chambers
American History Studen... -
Gary Owen
Vulture Mascot -
Michelle Bonilla
(Voice) -
Katt Williams
Preacher Don's Sidekick -
Mark Griffin
Photographer -
Marlon Young
Visiting Coach -
Todd Glass
Referee Steve -
Jason Matthew Smith
Referee Mike -
Hailey Johnson
Little Girl -
Tara Mercurio
Bethanne -
Brian Palermo
Alumni Association Memb... -
Caitlin McKenna
(Voice) -
Cole Evan Weiss
Opposing Player #2 -
Alex Vojdani
Guitar Student -
Stacey Ford-Waters
Opposing Player #1 -
Scott L. Treger
Falcon Assistant Coach -
Ayla Kell
Cheerleader, Cute Girl -
Vinnie Hughes
Walkman Kid -
Jack K. Haley
Announcer #1 -
Barry Hochberg
Announcer #2 -
Kimora Lee Simmons
Female Reporter #1 -
Angela Oh
Female Reporter #2 -
La Tyia Benson
Cheerleader -
Daytona Borders
Cheerleader -
Jewell Burnett
Cheerleader -
Marquisha Henderson
Cheerleader -
Monica Irusta
Cheerleader -
Kelly Christine Jew
Cheerleader -
Stevie Larkin
Cheerleader -
Jasmine McGerr
Cheerleader -
Tevyn Page
Cheerleader -
Gabrielle Simmons
Cheerleader -
Clare Sofer
Cheerleader -
Aryelle Tomlinson
Cheerleader -
Kerry M. Gutierrez
(Voice) -
Alex Mandelberg
(Voice) -
Jacqueline Piñol
(Voice) -
Juan Pope
(Voice) -
Warren Sroka
(Voice) -
Matthew Stravitz
(Voice) -
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All Critics (96) | Top Critics (34) | Fresh (13) | Rotten (78) | DVD (9)
Lawrence coasts on star power, genially sending up his bad-boy persona.
Top Critic... a dumb, cookie-cutter sports movie that knows nothing about sports and even less about comedy.
A lazy, by-the-numbers vehicle.
With the bounceless Rebound, Martin Lawrence has managed the feat of transforming from razor-tongue Bad Boys comic into a cuddly Bill Cosby clone.
This is a stupid movie.
Goes along pleasantly.
Even the teenaged misfit audiences to whom "Rebound" is targeted will lose patience with the film's uninspired gags and lazy writing.
Tired sports comedy about middle school basketball.
Bearable, if you've got young kids in need of 90 minutes of clean entertainment.
An adequate video babysitter, but kids and parents alike would have a better time simply rewatching The Bad News Bears.
Frankly I wouldn't be surprised if Rebound was written, shot, edited, and released over the course of ... let's be generous and say three weeks.
Will probably go down someplace in the cinema history books, as it is the first film in which star Martin Lawrence never goes "DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN!"
Why would such a talent as Martin Lawrence make a totally useless, inane movie? I'm guessing that, as usual, money talks.
It took no fewer than five writers to come up with this dull, harmless re-tread of The Bad News Bears.
Every cliche-filled line and plot element comes from other, better movies, so why not wait for the upcoming remake of "Bad News Bears"?
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Good movie. Basketball with kids is always fun and funny. I like sports movies specially basketball one's. This movie story was totally predictable but it was an entertaining film at least and the end was nice. The slow ref was funny jajaja.
Coach Roy once was college basketball's top mastermind. But lately his attentions have been on his next endorsements, not on his next game. What¹s more, Roy's temper has run amuck, leading to his being banned from college ball until he can demonstrate compliance--in other words, not explode every time he walks onto the court. Roy waits and waits; for a suitable coaching offer, but he receives only one: the Mount Vernon Junior High School Smelters basketball squad. Roy reluctantly accepts the offer, hoping that a few weeks at the school will prove his good intentions and restore him to his high-living ways as a celebrated college coach. But when old school meets middle school, Coach Roy doesn't know what hit him. It's not until Roy decides to teach his young charges some new concepts--like passing, rebounding, dribbling, and scoring--that the Smelters begin to find success and Roy finds something long thought lost: his love of the game.