The Game Plan follows familiar formulas and characters, both brightened by a bit of wit and good performances from the two leads.
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09/27/07
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The Game Plan (2007)
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Reviews Counted:95
Fresh:26
Rotten:69
Average Rating:4.6/10
Consensus: Despite The Rock's abundant charisma, The Game Plan is just another run-of-the-mill Disney comedy.
Theatrical Release:Sep 28, 2007 Wide
Box Office: $90,547,946
Synopsis: A film that marks Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's first leading role in a family-friendly comedy, THE GAME PLAN finds the former pro wrestler starring as Joe Kingman, a popular NFL quarterback happily... [More]
Starring: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Madison Pettis, Kyra Sedgwick, Roselyn Sanchez
Director: Andy Fickman
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Reviews for The Game Plan
Better than the ordeal it often threatens to become.
09/27/07
An example of middle-of-the-road insignificance.
09/27/07
Sappy and simplistic, The Game Plan belongs on the sidelines of stale cotton candy creativity.
09/27/07
Fickman and the three screenwriters drag this inevitability out for close to two hours, with a tiresome back-and-forth of conflicts and reconciliations.
09/27/07
Finally, for Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, The Game Plan pays off.
09/27/07
This is your ordinary funny-to-treacly plot arc -- funny if you’re 10 or younger, treacly if you’re older.
09/27/07
Parents, load up on the No-Doz and get inoculated for multiple Bedazzler jokes.
09/27/07
If he's being honest, any NFL player will tell you that it's not at all uncommon to open the front door to meet an illegitimate child. Either that or a box of human growth hormone.
09/26/07
I’ve been got and I’ve been had. And I admit that with all due shame and humiliation. I’ll never forgive myself for this.
09/26/07
It's certainly a goodhearted story, and the movie does offer a little plot twist that deviates from the usual formula. After that, though, The Game Plan quickly reverts to the established playbook for safe, sappy family fare.
09/26/07
Top CriticHaving tamed one muscled man-child (Vin Diesel in The Pacifier), Disney sets its sights on The Rock.
09/26/07
Mediocre but good-hearted, you can see "The Game Plan" coming for a long way off.
09/25/07
So sickeningly adorable and sweet that you'll be barfing sugarcubes long before the halfway point. The fact that they can stretch this idea into a movie longer than 90 minutes boggles the mind.
09/25/07
There is less of a story here than a series of gag situations...
09/25/07
Top CriticJohnson strikes a winning balance of swagger, exasperation and sensitivity as Joe Kingman, superstar quarterback.
09/25/07
Top CriticIt’s the same old story, but Dwayne Johnson oozes charisma.
09/18/07
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