Double Teamed (2002) (TV)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Duwayne Dunham

Writers (WGA):

Douglas Penn (story) and
John Wierick (story) ...

Release Date:

18 January 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Family | Sport

Plot:

The True Story of sisters Heather and Heidi Burge.

Plot Keywords:

Basketball | Volleyball | Twins | New School | Team

Cast

Poppi Monroe	...	Heather Burge
Annie McElwain	...	Heidi Burge
Teal Redmann	...	Nicky Williams
Nick Searcy	...	Larry Burge
Tanya Goott	...	Madison Stricklin
Joey Miyashima	...	Wendall Yoshida
Mackenzie Phillips	...	Mary Burge
Chris Olivero	...	Galen Alderman
Mitch English	...	Game Announcer
Iyari Limon	...	Zoe Gold
Tyke Martin	...	Long Beach Referee
Allan Kayser	...	Nicky's Dad
Rachel Woodward	...	Leslie
Brooke Robison	...	Terri
Jeff Olsen	...	Sports Reporter

Also Known As:

The Heidi and Heather Burge Story (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

Brazil:120 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:TV-G | Australia:G

Filming Locations:

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Company:

Hal Roach Studios

Goofs:

Factual errors: At the end of the movie they were playing against each other in the WNBA. Infact Heidi played in the WNBA in 1997 with the LA Sparks and 1998 with the Washington Mystics. Heather played in the WNba in 1999 for Sacramento Monarchs. They were never in the league at the same time.

Movie Connections:

References Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman (1993) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Get Ready for This

The Problem? Well...

The problem with this movie is that the sisters - supposedly twins - look NOTHING alike.

The film is based on the true-life-story of WNBA stars Heather and Heidi Burge, who overcame sexism etc. to accomplish their goal of being basketball players.

The film is okay, and I'm more than pleased that family films can stick to the old formula - no swearing, violence, sex, etc., but a good-natured family film with values - but the film itself is poorly written and acted.

It's good that films like these can still be made, but the problem lies with (a) bad directors, (b) bad scripts, (c) bad actors, and (d) low budgets that would make "The Blair Witch Project" blush.

The fact that Disney will not release films like these into theaters tells us something: they are either too ashamed to release something with actual TASTE, or they are serving to a new generation, THAT THEY CREATED, plain and simple.

Family films used to be good, but since Disney started making "babysitter" films off of classics (i.e. "The Jungle Book 2," "101 Dalmations 2," et cetera...), kids have gotten used to minimum entertainment. They no longer realize what quality films are because CORPORATIONS LIKE DISNEY TAUGHT THEM TO NOT KNOW ANY BETTER. They accept lousy movies because they have been taught to.

Perhaps some day we will see a change, but all I see is continual downfall.

This is the reason I praise movies like "Toy Story" so much - they can stick to the old-fashioned way of entertainment: quality.

As for "Double Teamed"...unfortunately, despite some good qualities, the film just doesn't make it to a high level...

2/5 stars -

John Ulmer