Rebound (2005)

Director:

Steve Carr

Writers (WGA):

William Wolff (story) and
Ed Decter (story) ...

Release Date:

1 July 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family | Sport

Tagline:

A comedy where old school ...meets middle school

Plot:

An acclaimed college hoops coach is demoted to a junior varsity team after a public meltdown.

Plot Keywords:

School | Coach | Game | Basketball | Junior High School

Awards:

2 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Thur. Nov. 26

8:00 AM

FX

Cast

Martin Lawrence	...	Roy McCormick / Preacher Don
Wendy Raquel Robinson	...	Jeanie Ellis
Breckin Meyer	...	Tim Fink
Horatio Sanz	...	Mr. Newirth
Oren Williams	...	Keith Ellis
Patrick Warburton	...	Larry Burgess Sr.
Megan Mullally	...	Principal Walsh
Eddy Martin	...	One Love
Steven Christopher Parker	...	Wes
Steven Anthony Lawrence	...	Ralph
Logan McElroy	...	Fuzzy
Gus Hoffman	...	Goggles
Tara Correa-McMullen	...	Big Mac (as Tara Correa)
Amy Bruckner	...	Annie
Alia Shawkat	...	Amy

Also Known As:

Rage Control (USA) (working title)
Untitled ML Project (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for mild language and thematic elements.

Runtime:

103 min | Germany:86 min | Argentina:89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Germany:o.Al. | Singapore:PG | UK:PG | Argentina:13 | Brazil:Livre | South Korea:All | Iceland:L | Australia:G | Netherlands:AL | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Columbus, Ohio, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Coach Roy and Preacher Don are both on screen, there is an obvious body double on the screen. When we see the back of Roy's head, the head is bald. But when the face is towards us, he has very short hair.

Quotes:

Referee Freddy: [to Roy] You Know, I've been reading these books that say that you should give yourself pats on the back. Daddy never gave me pats on the back. Daddy never gave me any...
Larry Burgess Sr.: Blah Blah Blah! This guy is blind as my dead grandma and twice as slow!

Movie Connections:

References "Punk'd" (2003)

Soundtrack:

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Above average family TV comedy becomes something less when you have to pay ten bucks a head in theaters

If Hollywood wants to know why theater attendance is off they need look no further than this movie. The problem is not they are making bad movies, they're simply making movies you feel ripped off for having paid ten bucks to see. Once you get over the shock that you've paid too much for what you're seeing, Rebound is actually a good little movie.

Rebound tells the story of Coach Ray, a highly paid NCAA basketball coach who ends up banned from coaching for bad behavior. With no other options open to him he ends up coaching back at his old junior high school where things take mostly predictable, but enjoyable turns. For example the team is so bad at basketball it hasn't won a game in twelve years, and is made up of the typical assortment of kids who don't know left from right, so even though you know whats going to happen but you don't mind because Lawrence and the kids are fun to watch. And while it strives and fails to be a Bad News Bears of basketball, it is an enjoyable movie on its own terms. Just wait for DVD or cable, because paying 10 bucks a head to see this will spoil your enjoyment of whats a nice funny little movie.