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Romantic comedy with Jessica Biel, Uma Thurman, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Gerard Butler as a luckless and divorced former soccer star...
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.
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6 %89 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
41 %20,543 reviewsAudience score rating
"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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Variety
Variety"None of it is especially credible or engaging."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"Pretty much from the assembly line."
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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert"You hope Butler will find a movie that will give him the right material to make hearts truly beat faster."
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times"Attractive actors can't redeem a sodden script."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood ReporterPlaying for Keeps | Details
- Rating
- M, offensive language
- Runtime
- 105
- Genre
- Comedy, Romance
- Country of origin
- USA
