The New Coach Has A Secret Weapon.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Ice Cube, Keke Palmer, Tasha Smith, Jill Marie Jones, Dash Mihok, Matt Craven, Glenn Plummer, Garrett Morris, Miles Chandler |
| Director |
Fred Durst |
| Screenplay | Nick Santora |
| Music | Teddy Castellucci |
| Cinematography | Conrad W. Hall |
| Editing | Jeffrey Wolf |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
| Made in | 2008 |
| Produced by | Cube Vision, Dimension Films |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report
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| Genre | Drama |
| Language | Very mild, somewhat crass, infrequent |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | Very mild, infrequent, intimidation in context, resolved positively |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | Very mild, infrequent, in context, no impact |
| Drug abuse | Very brief, infrequent, implied use of alcohol |
| Comments | None |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith | 10 |  |
| Die Burger Ronel Nel | 5 |  |
| The Citizen David Jenkin  Longshots is only for those who are primarily concerned with clean and wholesome viewing. | 12 |  |
| 24.com Ulpha Edries But lameness and predictability aside, it is Jasmine's incredible journey (rather than that of her uncle) that elevates The Longshots above the usual underdogs-done-good drivel. | 5 | |
| Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert Her story is remarkable, especially if you factor in her national wrestling title and honor student status. | 15 |  |
| eye Weekly Carl Hiehn | 5 | |
| ScreenIt C. Fuchs This is a broadly played, by-the-books sports flick that offers no surprises. | 8 | |
| Metacritic.com 19 critics | 10 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 63 critics | 10 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer The Longshots means well, but it's a largely formulaic affair, rarely deviating from the inspirational sports movie playbook. | 8 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 1385 Netizens Interesting family film, well done | 6 | |
Average .. 43% | 9 | |