Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Gerard Butler, Jessica Biel, Noah Lomax, Dennis Quaid, Uma Thurman, Catherine Zeta-Jones |
| Director |
Gabriele Muccino |
| Screenplay | Robbie Fox |
| Music | Andrea Guerra |
| Cinematography | Peter Menzies Jr. |
| Editing | Padraic McKinley |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Datasat |
| Made in | 2012 |
| Produced by | Eclectic Pictures, Evil Twins, Millennium Films, Misher Films, Nu Image Films |
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| Genre | Comedy, romance |
| Language | Mild, frequent language |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | Low impact, infrequent, discreetly implied sexual activity |
| Violence | None |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | Low impact social drinking, infrequent |
| Comments | This film has a mild impact due to complex and mature themes of family, love, divorce, soccer, relationships, parenting, disappointment and responsibility. These themes are not harmful, however they may be upsetting, disturbing and distressing to young and sensitive children, despite the film's entertaining value. Sexual activity is discreetly implied and due to the low impact of the scenes, 'S' has not been included as consumer advice. |
| These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines. | |
| PG: Parental Guidance Suggested | Rated PG-13 for some sexual situations, language and a brief intense image |
| Runtime | 105 |
| USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ. | |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Debashine Thangevelo  Rom-com lacks fluidity and honesty. | 5 |  |
| Die Burger Rozanne Els | 5 | |
| Cape Times Stephen Farber Dreary, sappy story of family togetherness. | 5 | |
| Rolling Stone Peter Travers You don’t need to know more. Just stay away. It’s awful. | 0 | |
| ScreenIt C. Fuchs As the old saying goes, ''Well, that's two hours of my life I'll never get back.'' Time is precious. Don't waste yours on a film like this. | 6 | |
| Metacritic.com 25 critics | 5 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 81 critics | 7 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Witless, unfocused, and arguably misogynistic, Playing for Keeps is a dispiriting, lowest-common-denominator Hollywood rom-com. | 1 | |
| Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics   | 7 | |
| Movie Review Intelligence 37 critics | 6 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 1882 Netizens Save this one for DVD | 10 |  |
Average .. 26% | 5 | |