Variety
A modestly affecting reconciliation drama wrapped in a so-so sports movie by way of a misogynistic romantic comedy, Playing for Keeps can't stop tripping all over itself.
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Playing for Keeps
Romantic comedy with Jessica Biel, Uma Thurman, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Gerard Butler as a luckless and divorced former soccer star who returns home to rebuild his life and reconnect with his son. Looking for a way to rebuild the relationship, he gets roped into coaching the boy’s soccer team. But his attempt to finally become an "adult" are side-tracked by temptations from the attractive soccer mums who pursue him at every turn. From the director of The Pursuit of Happyness.
2012Rating: M, for some sexual situations, language and a brief intense image105 minsUSA
ComedyRomance
- Director:
- Gabriele Muccino ('Seven Pounds', 'The Pursuit of Happyness')
- Cast:
- Gerard ButlerJessica BielCatherine Zeta-JonesDennis QuaidUma ThurmanJudy Greer
Playing for Keeps | Reviews
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Los Angeles Times
You hope Butler will find a movie that will give him the right material to make hearts truly beat faster.
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